[Ord. 81-432 § 2]
The following words used in this chapter shall be construed
as follows:
A. "Commission" means the Iowa State Conservation Commission.
B. "Fur-bearing animal" means beaver, badger, mink, otter, muskrat,
raccoon, skunk, opossum, spotted skunk or civet cat, weasel, coyote,
wolf, groundhog, red fox, and gray fox.
[Ord. 81-432 § 3]
Except as otherwise provided, no person shall take, capture,
kill, or have in possession any fur-bearing animal or any part thereof
at any time except during the open season as set by the commission
under the authority of state law except where such killing, trapping,
or snaring may be for the protection of public or private property.
[Ord. 81-432 § 4]
It is unlawful for any person to molest or disturb, in any manner,
any muskrat house, beaver dam, skunk, mink, or raccoon den except
by permission of an officer appointed by the Commission; provided,
however, that nothing in this section shall prohibit the owner thereof
to destroy any such den to protect his own property.
[Ord. 81-432 S 5]
No person shall kill with a shotgun, or spear any beaver, mink,
otter or muskrat, or have in possession any of said animals or the
carcasses, skins or parts thereof that have been killed with shotgun
or spear.