Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 62.101
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 62.101, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 62.101. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this subchapter:
(1) "Captivity" means the state of being held under control or kept caged or penned.
(2) "Dangerous wild animal" means a lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, hyena, bear, elephant, wolf, or rhinoceros and includes any species, subspecies, or hybrid of any of those animals.
(3) "Hybrid" means an offspring of two animals of different breeds, species, or genera.
(4) "Lion" means African and Asiatic lion.
(5) "Sanctuary" means a place of refuge where abused, neglected, unwanted, impounded, abandoned, orphaned, or displaced dangerous wild animals are provided care for their lifetime or until released back to their natural habitat.
(1) "Captivity" means the state of being held under control or kept caged or penned.
(2) "Dangerous wild animal" means a lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, hyena, bear, elephant, wolf, or rhinoceros and includes any species, subspecies, or hybrid of any of those animals.
(3) "Hybrid" means an offspring of two animals of different breeds, species, or genera.
(4) "Lion" means African and Asiatic lion.
(5) "Sanctuary" means a place of refuge where abused, neglected, unwanted, impounded, abandoned, orphaned, or displaced dangerous wild animals are provided care for their lifetime or until released back to their natural habitat.
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