{"id":994,"date":"2020-06-11T15:01:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T15:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nwco.net\/?page_id=994"},"modified":"2020-07-22T13:09:42","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T13:09:42","slug":"tennessee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nwco.net\/?page_id=994","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Regulatory Agency<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Wildlife &amp; Forestry Division: (615)-781-6610<\/li><li>License Section &amp; Agency Sales: (615)-781-5270<\/li><li>General Information: (615)-781-6500<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>License Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>License Duration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>License are valid for a year and must be renewed on July 1st<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Renewal and Reporting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All permit holders must renew their permits on July 1st of each year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Records shall be kept and shall include: the complete name and address of the person for whom services have been performed, types of control measures used, species and number of animals taken, and the disposition of each animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All records shall be submitted to the Wildlife Resources Agency on June 30th of each year <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Laws and Regulations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> Wildlife taken may not be sold, bartered, given away, or used for any purpose without prior approval of the TWRA<\/li><li> No permit holder may use control methods which may pose a threat to the health and safety of humans, domestic animals or other non-target wildlife. <\/li><li> Permit holders are authorized to use chemicals, traps, firearms, and other methods as approved by EPA, USDA, TWRA, local municipalities, and other authoritative agencies as applicable. <\/li><li> Issuance of a permit does not grant authority to control state and federal endangered and threatened species or other species specifically prohibited by the permit <\/li><li> Permit holders are authorized to control wildlife only with the written permission of the complainant and only on the premises of the complainant. <\/li><li> The permit shall list the names of all individuals designated to perform work under the authority of the permit <\/li><li> Any control measures undertaken by a permit holder shall be a contractual agreement between the permit holder and the complainant and TWRA shall not be liable for any damages caused by the permit holder. Permit holders are required to provide adequate liability insurance <\/li><li>If damage is being caused by a federally protected species, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/permits\/#sthash.nSt3rzh7.dpufhttp:\/\/www.fws.gov\/permits\/\">permit<\/a> must be obtained from USFWS prior to destroying such widlife<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Laws Regarding Translocation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Translocation is illegal without a permit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trap Tags<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> All traps, cages, and other tools left unattended by the permit holder must be clearly marked with the permit holder\u2019s name, address, and permit number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hunting and Trapping License <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regulatory Agency Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Wildlife &amp; Forestry Division: (615)-781-6610 License Section &amp; Agency Sales: (615)-781-5270 General Information: (615)-781-6500 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nwco.net\/?page_id=994\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tennessee<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":1342,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-994","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwco.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/994"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwco.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwco.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwco.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwco.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=994"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nwco.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1492,"href":"https:\/\/nwco.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/994\/revisions\/1492"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwco.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwco.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}