Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 61.005 – Definitions
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Terms Used In Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 61.005
- Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- 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 chapter:
(1) “Wildlife resources” means all wild animals, wild birds, and aquatic animal life.
(2) “Depletion” means the reduction of a species below its immediate recuperative potential by any cause.
(3) “Waste” means the failure to provide for the regulated harvest of surplus wildlife resources when that harvest would allow, promote, or optimize a healthy and self-sustaining population of a species.