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Wildlife Act 1953

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Schedule 6: Animals declared to be wild animals subject to the Wild Animal Control Act 1977

You could also call this:

"Animals considered wild under New Zealand law, including deer and other species."

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The Wild Animal Control Act 1977 says some animals are wild. You can find this list in the Wildlife Act 1953, under s 7A. This list includes mammals like deer.

Some of the deer on the list are Axis deer, Fallow deer, and Red deer. You can also find other animals like Chamois, Goat, and Pig on the list. The list includes any other member of the family Cervidae, which is a group of animals that includes deer.

These animals are subject to the Wild Animal Control Act 1977, which is empowered by s 7A of the Wildlife Act 1953. This means that the Act has rules about how to control these wild animals. You can learn more about these rules by reading the Act.

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6Animals declared to be wild animals subject to the Wild Animal Control Act 1977 Empowered by s 7A

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Mammals—
Deer—
Axis deer (Axis axis)
Fallow deer (Dama dama)
Japanese deer (Sika nippon)
Javan rusa deer (Cervus timoriensis)
Moose (Alces americana)
Red deer (Cervus elaphus)
Sambar deer (Cervus unicolor)
Virginian deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Wapiti (Cervus canadensis)
Any other member of the family Cervidae
Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)
Goat (Capra)
Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)
Pig (Sus)

Notes
  • Schedule 6 heading: replaced, on , by section 113 of the Statutes Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 104).
  • Schedule 6: amended, on , by section 91(5) of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).
  • Schedule 6: amended, on , by clause 3 of the Wildlife Order 2010 (SR 2010/159).