87-3-506. Wasting of fur-bearing animals. (1) A person commits the offense of wasting a fur-bearing animal if that person purposely or knowingly:
     (a) fails to pick up traps or snares at the end of the trapping season so that the pelt of a fur-bearing animal is wasted;
     (b) attends traps or snares so that fur-bearing animals are wasted; or
     (c) wastes the pelt of any fur-bearing animal.
     (2) The department shall enforce the provisions of this section.
     (3) (a) Federal, state, and county predator control programs are exempt from this section.
     (b) Pelts of muskrat and beaver killed pursuant to 87-3-501(2) are exempt from this section.
     (4) As used in this section, "pelt" means the pelt, skin, or fur of a fur-bearing animal.

     History: En. Secs. 1, 2, 3, Ch. 629, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2852, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 229, L. 2009.