Predator control programs shall be established in any county by the board of county commissioners upon receipt of a valid petition for that purpose. The predator control program shall be for the protection of sheep and goats, or cattle, or both groups of animals, against predators, for one-, two-, three-, four- or five-year periods.
§ 77-15-7 NMSA 1978
Purpose of predator control program; method of establishment
Known as the County Predatory Control Act
The act spans §§ 77–77 (15 sections).
1953 Comp., § 47-16-7, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 92, § 2.
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