NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 449

HOUSE BILL 511

 

 

AN ACT TO CLASSIFY THE WILDCAT AS A PROTECTED ANIMAL UNDER THE TERMS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA GAME LAW.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 113-102(c), as the same appears in the 1966 Replacement Volume 3A of the General Statutes, is rewritten to read as follows:

"(c)       Unprotected Animals: Weasels and skunks; provided that unprotected birds and animals may not be killed by the use of poison or dynamite except under permit issued by the Executive Director of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission."

Sec 2.  The intent of this act is to classify the wildcat (Lynx rufus rufus) as a protected wild animal. To that end, all general, special, and local legislation in conflict with this act, including any act that may set any bounty upon wildcats (Lynx rufus rufus), is hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of May, 1971.