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Cal. FGC § 2116

This is the official text of Cal. FGC § 2116, part of California’s Fish and Game Code — regulates hunting, fishing, and wildlife conservation.

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As used in this chapter, “wild animal” means any animal of the class Aves (birds), class Mammalia (mammals), class Amphibia (frogs, toads, salamanders), class Osteichtyes (bony fishes), class Monorhina (lampreys), class Reptilia (reptiles), class Crustacea (crayfish), or class Gastropoda (slugs, snails) which is not normally domesticated in this state as determined by the commission.

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