The department may issue permits, subject to any terms and conditions prescribed by the commission, authorizing the possession of a tortoise (Gopherus) or product of a tortoise by an educational or scientific institution or a public zoological garden.
Cal. Fish & Game Code § 5002
Desert Tortoises
Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 154, Sec. 78
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