Fish and Game Code section 4153

(a)

The department may enter into cooperative agreements with any agency of the state or the United States for the purpose of controlling harmful nongame mammals.

(b)

The department may take any mammal that, in its opinion, is unduly preying upon any bird, mammal, or fish.

(c)

This section does not apply to bobcats.

Source: Section 4153, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FGC§ionNum=4153. (updated Jan. 1, 2020; accessed Aug. 17, 2026).

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Original Source: Section 4153, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FGC§ionNum=4153. (last accessed May 12, 2025).