Section 4153.
4153. (a) The department may enter into cooperative agreements with any agency of the state or the United States for the purpose of controlling harmful nongame mammals. (b) The department may take any mammal that, in its opinion, is unduly preying upon any bird, mammal, or fish. (c) This section does not apply to bobcats. (Amended by Stats. […]
Section 4154.
4154. (a) The department may enter into cooperative contracts with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in the Department of the Interior in relation to the control of nongame mammals and for that purpose may expend any money made available to the department for expenditure for the control or eradication of nongame mammals. (b) This section […]
Section 4155.
4155. (a) Beginning January 1, 2014, it shall be unlawful to trap a bobcat, or attempt to do so, or to sell or export a bobcat taken in the area surrounding Joshua Tree National Park, defined as follows: East and South of State Highway 62 from the intersection of Interstate 10 to the intersection of State […]
Section 4156.
4156. (a) Except as provided in Section 4157 and notwithstanding any other law, it is unlawful for a person to hunt, trap, or otherwise take a bobcat. (b) The prohibitions of this section shall not apply to any of the following: (1) The take of a bobcat by a law enforcement officer or licensed veterinarian acting in the […]
Section 4157.
4157. (a) Upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature for purposes of this section, commencing January 1, 2025, the commission may open a bobcat hunting season in any area determined by the commission to require a hunt. (b) Before opening a bobcat hunting season in any area, the commission shall do all of the following: (1) Consider the […]
Section 4158.
4158. (a) Before opening a bobcat hunting season pursuant to Section 4157, the department, in consultation with other relevant state agencies, local governments, federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, landowners, and scientific entities, shall develop, upon appropriation by the Legislature, a bobcat management plan to inform and coordinate management decisions regarding bobcat populations. The bobcat management plan shall […]
Section 4150.
4150. (a) A mammal occurring naturally in California that is not a game mammal, fully protected mammal, or fur-bearing mammal is a nongame mammal. A nongame mammal may not be taken or possessed except as provided in this code or in accordance with regulations adopted by the commission. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or […]
Section 4151.
4151. Any house cat (Felis domesticus) found within the limits of any fish and game refuge is a nongame mammal, unless it is in the residence of its owner or upon the grounds of the owner adjacent to such residence. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1470.)
Section 4152.
4152. (a) Except as provided in Section 4005, nongame mammals and black-tailed jackrabbits, muskrats, subspecies of red fox that are not the native Sierra Nevada red fox (Vulpes vulpes necator), and red fox squirrels that are found to be injuring growing crops or other property may be taken at any time or in any manner in […]