wildlife
Defined in 4 places across 3 titles of the United States Code.
As used in this subsection, the term “wild” relates to any creatures that, whether or not raised in captivity, normally are found in a wild state; and the terms “wildlife” and “wildlife resources” include those resources that comprise wild mammals, wild birds, fish (including mollusks and crustacea), and all other classes of wild creatures whatsoever, and all types of aquatic and land vegetation upon which such wildlife resources are dependent.
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- 1994–present18 U.S.C. § 42Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Importation or shipment of injurious mammals, birds, fish (including mollusks and crustacea), amphibia, and reptiles; permits, specimens for museums; regulations · in this section
the term “wildlife” means any species of wild, free-ranging fauna including fish, and also fauna in captive breeding programs the object of which is to reintroduce individuals of a depleted indigenous species into previously occupied range;
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- 2001–present16 U.S.C. § 669AConservation · Definitions · as used in this chapter
The term “wildlife” means fish or wildlife as defined in section 3371(a) of title 16.
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- 1995–20227 U.S.C. § 1997Agriculture · Conservation easements · for purposes of this section
The term “wildlife” means fish or wildlife as defined in section 3371 of title 16.
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- 2022–present7 U.S.C. § 1997Agriculture · Conservation easements · for purposes of this section
The terms “fish”, “wildlife”, and “fish and wildlife” mean any wild member of the animal kingdom whether alive or dead, and regardless of whether the member was bred, hatched, or born in captivity, including a part, product, egg, or offspring of the member.
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- 1997–present16 U.S.C. § 668EEConservation · Definitions · in this section