(1) REQUIREMENT. No person may propagate any native wild animal or any nonnative wild animal of the family ursidae except as authorized under a captive wild animal farm license, a bird hunting preserve license, a wild fur farm license, a nonprofit educational exhibiting license, or a scientific research license.
(2) EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN WILD ANIMALS. A person is exempt from the requirement under sub.
(1) if the wild animal that the person propagates is a wild animal that is exempt under s. 169.04 (4)
(a) or (b).
(3) EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS. Each of the following is exempt from the requirement under sub. (1):
(a) A public zoo or aquarium.
(b) A circus or the Circus World Museum located in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
(c) The department.
(4) INAPPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN WILD ANIMALS. This section does not authorize the propagating of harmful wild animals.