510 ILCS 60/ Domesticated Wild Animals Act.

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510 ILCS 60/0.01

(510 ILCS 60/0.01) (from Ch. 8, par. 23y)

Sec. 0.01.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the

Domesticated Wild Animals Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

510 ILCS 60/1

(510 ILCS 60/1) (from Ch. 8, par. 24)

Sec. 1.

All birds and animals ferae naturae or naturally wild, including
fur bearing animals not native to this State, when raised or in
domestication, or kept in enclosures and reduced to possession, are hereby
declared to be objects of ownership and absolute title, the same as cattle
and other property, and shall receive the same protection of law, and in
the same way and to the same extent shall be the subject of trespass or
theft, as other personal property.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2059.)

510 ILCS 60/2

(510 ILCS 60/2) (from Ch. 8, par. 24a)

Sec. 2.

When fox, rabbit, mink, chinchilla, marten, fisher, muskrat,
karakul and other fur bearing animals are raised in captivity for breeding
or other useful purposes (a) such animals shall be deemed domestic animals;
(b) such animals and the products thereof shall be deemed agricultural
products; and (c) the breeding, raising, producing or marketing of such
animals or their products by the producer thereof shall be deemed an
agricultural pursuit.

(Source: Laws 1949, p. 27.)

510 ILCS 60/3

(510 ILCS 60/3) (from Ch. 8, par. 24b)

Sec. 3.

The provisions of this Act shall not be held or construed to
repeal or modify the provisions of the "Wildlife Code of Illinois"
applicable to the breeding, raising, producing or marketing of any such
birds or animals so raised in captivity. Nor shall the provisions of
this Act be construed to restrict or limit the powers with reference to
zoning granted by statute to cities, villages or incorporated towns
either as to territory within or territory contiguous to but outside of
the limits of such cities, villages or incorporated towns or to restrict
or limit the powers with reference to zoning granted by statute to
counties.

(Source: P.A. 81-358.)