(a) No live red fox shall be sold, purchased, possessed or exposed for sale in this State, or shipped by freight or express, or otherwise, or taken from any place within this State to any place outside this State. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the possession or transfer of red fox hides legally taken in Delaware or in another state. It shall be legal to sell the hides of red foxes legally taken in Delaware within the State or in another state.

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 789

  • State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302

(b) The provisions of the preceding paragraph insofar as they relate to the possession of live red foxes shall not apply to animal exhibitions owned or operated by the State or any political subdivision thereof.

(c) Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a class B environmental misdemeanor for each offense.

26 Del. Laws, c. 166; Code 1915, § ?2408; Code 1935, § ?2879; 41 Del. Laws, c. 177, § ?8; 7 Del. C. 1953, § ?794; 62 Del. Laws, c. 138, § ?8; 63 Del. Laws, c. 52, §§ ?1, 2; 70 Del. Laws, c. 275, §§ ?99, 103; 72 Del. Laws, c. 332, § ?3; 76 Del. Laws, c. 308, §§ ?3-6;