87-4-406. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Cloven-hoofed ungulate" means an animal of the order Artiodactyla, except a member of the families suidae, camelidae, or hippopotamidae. The term does not include domestic pigs, domestic cows, domestic yaks, domestic sheep, domestic goats that are not naturally occurring in the wild in their country of origin, or bison.
     (2) "Department" means the department of fish, wildlife, and parks.
     (3) "Facilities" means perimeter fences and other enclosures that provide for the confinement, handling, and quarantine of game farm animals.
     (4) "Game animals" means game animals as defined in 87-2-101 that are not the lawful property of any private person.
     (5) "Game farm" means the enclosed land area upon which game farm animals may be kept for purposes of obtaining, rearing in captivity, keeping, or selling game farm animals or parts of game farm animals, as authorized under this part.
     (6) "Game farm animal" means a privately owned caribou, black bear, mountain lion, white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, moose, antelope, mountain sheep, or mountain goat indigenous to the state of Montana, a privately owned reindeer, or any other cloven-hoofed ungulate as classified by the department.
     (7) "Person" means an individual, firm, corporation, association, or partnership.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 570, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 540, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 315, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 503, L. 1995.