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Any person who keeps, breeds, raises, contains, harvests, kills, slaughters, buys, sells, trades, or transfers ownership of any type of farm-raised alternative livestock in the state of Louisiana shall obtain a farm-raising license from the department prior to engaging in such activities. Species considered alternative livestock under this license include any imported or domestically raised exotic deer, antelope, elk or farm-raised whitetail deer.
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The Migratory Bird Depredation Permit is a Federal permit, and all Louisiana landowners, farmers, ranchers and livestock producers applying for and receiving approval of a LDAF-AHFS Black Vulture Depredation Sub-Permit will be required to follow ALL USFWS Migratory Bird Depredation Permit authorizations and conditions. Failure to do so could result in Federal citations and fines. LDAF-AHFS will not represent a sub-permit holder during any investigation or proceeding initiated by the USFWS or other law enforcement agency
Black Vulture Depredation Sub-Permit notification, application and approval process
All applicants for a Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF) depredation sub-permit must agree to the requirements found in the “Authorizations and Conditions” tab above. These authorizations and conditions are part of the statewide permit issued to LDAF by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. LDAF cannot alter these provisions.
The total number of black vulture takes in Louisiana may not exceed 1,000 vultures. All approved applicants will be allowed to take up to five black vultures as long as the statewide take number has not been reached. Approved applicants must report each take within 48 hours. If 1,000 vultures are taken in the state, you will receive an email notifying you that no more vultures may be taken during the permit period. Approved applicants are not allowed to take any other migratory bird species. Even if an approved applicant does not take any birds, they must report to BlackVultureProgram@ldaf.state.la.us “no birds taken” no later than December 31st.
Any livestock producer experiencing severe depredation from black vultures is encouraged to apply for an individual migratory bird depredation permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and/or work with USDA APHIS Wildlife Services (WS). Louisiana’s WS office may be reached at 225-389-0229 or toll free at 1-866-4USDA-WS. Producers cannot be issued a depredation permit by USFWS and apply for and be approved for the LDAF depredation sub-permit.
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