SB 5383-S - DIGEST
(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 2/08/10)

Revises the definition of "potentially dangerous wild animal" to include a wolf hybrid.

Allows a person in legal possession of a wolf-hybrid, prior to the effective date of the act, and who is the legal possessor of the animal to keep possession of the animal for the remainder of the animal's life.

Authorizes an animal control authority or a law enforcement officer to: (1) Immediately confiscate a wolf-hybrid under certain circumstances; and

(2) Euthanize a potentially dangerous wild animal only if all known reasonable placement options, including relocation to a wildlife sanctuary, are unavailable.