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Order No. 549 of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food validating the Regulation on hunting rules, handling of firearms and issuance of hunting licenses.

Country/Territory
Ukraine
Document type
Regulation
Date
2011
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Wild fauna Hunting/capture Hunting gear/hunting methods Hunting authorization/permit Game Wildlife products
Geographical area
Black Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia
Entry into force notes
This Order enters into force on the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Order establishes that only individual hunting shall be authorized of marmot, beaver, badger, muskrat, forest marten, squirrel (classified as fur-bearing animals), as well as hunting of European deer, roe deer, fallow deer, elk during mating period. Individual, collective and beater up hunting shall be authorized for boar, fallow deer, European and reindeer, roe deer, elk, mouflon. Use of small-caliber rifles for hunting shall be prohibited. Game obtained in the course of hunting shall be hunter’s property. Wildlife trophies of hoofed wild fauna species shall be subject to mandatory registration. The condition for the safe use of hunting firearms is strict compliance with the rules of their use and strict adherence to the rules of safety of firearms handling by all hunters during hunting. Hunting of wild boar, fallow deer, European and spotted deer, roe deer, moose, elk, marmot, beaver, badger, muskrat, forest marten forest and squirrel shall require mandatory issuance of license.

Full text
Ukrainian
Website
zakon5.rada.gov.ua