SSB 5187 -
By Senator Pearson
On page 2, line 11, after "animals" strike all material through "permission" and insert "with a permit issued by the department. The department may only issue such a permit after the department has confirmed that livestock or other domestic animals have previously been killed or injured in the area and that preventative or nonlethal control measures have been implemented and proven ineffective"
EFFECT: Conditions the rules authorizing the killing of a gray wolf attacking or posing an immediate threat to livestock or other domestic animals to circumstances in which the department has issued a permit, and establishes circumstances in which the department can issue a permit.