DIVISION 4. BIRDS AND MAMMALS 3000-4904›PART 3. MAMMALS 3950-4904›CHAPTER 10. Mountain Lions 4800-4810

§ 4809

California Fish and Game Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Mountain lions authorized to be taken pursuant to this chapter shall be taken by the most effective means available to take the mountain lion causing the damage or destruction, except that no mountain lion shall be taken by means of poison, leg-hold or metal-jawed traps, and snares.

(Added June 5, 1990, by initiative Proposition 117.)

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