Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 43.103 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 43.103
- Wild: when used in reference to an animal, means a species, including each individual of a species, that normally lives in a state of nature and is not ordinarily domesticated. See Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 1.101
In this subchapter:
(1) “Aircraft” means a mechanical or other device used for flight in the air.
(2) “Depredating animals” means bobcats, feral hogs, red foxes, coyotes, and crossbreeds between coyotes and dogs but does not include birds or fowl.
(3) “Exotic animals” includes exotic livestock and exotic fowl as defined by § 161.001(a), Agriculture Code, wild animals that are nonindigenous to Texas, aoudad sheep, and elk.
(4) “Harass” means to disturb, worry, molest, harry, torment, rally, concentrate, drive, or herd.
(5) “Management by the use of aircraft” means counting, photographing, relocating, capturing, or hunting by the use of aircraft.
(6) “Wildlife” means any vertebrate species or their hybrids that normally live in a state of nature and are not ordinarily domesticated. This definition includes depredating animals.