87-5-702. Definitions. For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Feral" means the appearance in a natural habitat of an animal that has escaped domestication and become wild.
     (2) "Importation" means the act of bringing into the state any wildlife.
     (3) "Introduction" means the release of or attempt to release, intentional or otherwise, wildlife from outside the state into natural habitats of the state.
     (4) "Natural habitat" means any area in which the introduction of wildlife species may result in an uncontrolled, naturally reproducing population of that species becoming established.
     (5) "Transplantation" means the release of or attempt to release, intentional or otherwise, wildlife from one place within the state into natural habitats in another part of the state.
     (6) "Wildlife" means any wild mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, mollusk, crustacean, or other wild animal or the egg or offspring thereof.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 624, L. 1985.