Vultures legal to shoot?

[Ron_TN]

Bring him over here I'm infested with squirrels.....

[peejman]

Bring him over here I'm infested with squirrels.....

 

 

Shoot them (squirrels) and they (vultures) will come. 

[Just2Honor]

House Bill says "take a Black vulture"   Senate Bill says " for farmers, ranchers, and other owners of livestock animals in this State to defend their property by harassing, injuring, or killing predatory vultures that are endangering their livestock"     So what did the final bill that the Governor signed say?

[Oh Shoot]

House Bill says "take a Black vulture"   Senate Bill says " for farmers, ranchers, and other owners of livestock animals in this State to defend their property by harassing, injuring, or killing predatory vultures that are endangering their livestock"     So what did the final bill that the Governor signed say?

 

Senate Bill was version that passed -- you're quoting the "preamble", the stated reason for it, not the actual change in statutory language. LexusNexis now updaed, here it is now inserted in TSA 70-8-108:

 

"(e)  (1) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and ( B ), it is not an offense for any person to disturb the habitat of, alter, take, attempt to take, possess, or transport a black vulture, also known by the name Coragyps atratus, in this state.

   (2) No state funds or personnel, or other state resources, may be used to enforce any prohibition against the disturbance of the habitat of, alteration, taking, attempting to take, possession, or transporting of a black vulture.

   (3) Nothing in this subsection (e) prohibits the agency from using state funds or personnel, or other state resources, to assist landowners in acquiring federal depredation permits for black vultures."

 

(Point 3 was an amendment that passed before final bill passage.)

 

- OS

Edited September 5, 2015 by Oh Shoot