Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to the following:
(1) Conservation officers or other law enforcement officers.
(2) Game birds or exotic mammals in shooting preserves licensed under IC 14-22-31.
(3) A person who takes a feral exotic mammal when the feral exotic mammal is causing damage to property that is owned or leased by the person.
(4) A person who is authorized by the department under extraordinary circumstances to take an exotic mammal.