LIVE ANIMALS AND SALE OF ANIMALS
The statewide wildlife regulations clearly prohibit any person from removing game or protected animals alive from the wild.
Exceptions include: 1) a licensed wildlife rehabilitator may hold wild animals specifically for rehabilitation and release, and
2) a person issued a Wildlife Damage and Nuisance Control Permit may hold an animal in captivity for no more than 24
hours specifically for release or disposal. Under the authority of a physician's request for legitimate public health concerns,
or Department request, captured animals may be temporarily held for a longer period of time. The sale of wild animals, dead
or alive, and their parts is also strictly regulated in Michigan. Except for the specific provisions applying to live trapped feral
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pigeons and dead animals taken during the open season by a person licensed under the hunting and trapping laws to take that
game in areas closed to hunting and trapping,
no animals or their parts may be bought, sold, given away or bartered by a
permittee. In addition, these animals, whether dead or alive, cannot be retained by a permittee and converted for their
personal use.Source:
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/IC...it_368507_7.pdf