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From the Mississippi code of 1972 (amended)
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Anonymous post on June 3, 2003
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http://www.mscode.com/free/statutes/49/007/
MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended
SEC. 49-7-47. Restrictions on hunting or catching alligators or alligator turtles.
(1) The commission * * * may control, regulate and manage the taking of all alligators and alligator turtles.
(2) * * * Residents and nonresidents shall be required to purchase a combination hunting and fishing license to hunt, kill or catch any alligator or alligator turtle for sporting purposes.
(3) * * * Residents and nonresidents shall be required to obtain a special permit to hunt, kill, catch or possess any alligator or alligator turtle for commercial purposes. The commission * * * may establish a reasonable fee for an annual special sporting permit, not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), and may prescribe regulations governing commercial trade in alligators and alligator turtles. Any reasonable fee established for an annual special commercial permit shall not exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Such permit shall be good from the date of its issuance to June 30 following its date.
(4) Any person violating this section is guilty, upon conviction, of a Class I offense and is punishable as provided in Section 49-7-141.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 5883.5; Laws, 1962, ch. 186, Secs. 1-4; 1985, ch. 452, Sec. 13; 1987, ch. 430; 1989, ch. 359, Sec. 1, eff from and after July 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 2000, Ch. 516, Sec. 68, HB666, eff. from and after passage (approved April 30, 2000).
PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2000
Also:
http://www.api4animals.org/doc.asp?ID=375
Mississippi
Brandon -- No person shall keep any wild animal or reptile within the corporate limits of the city. Wild animal means all nondomesticated animals, including, but not limited to, lions, tigers, bears, wolves, apes, monkeys, foxes, skunks, squirrels, and coyotes.
Southaven -- No person shall keep or permit to be kept any leopard, cheetah, lion, tiger, panther, cougar, bear, coyote, wolf, alligator, or crocodile or any wild animal in any area zoned R1, R2, R3, or R4.
and the icing on the cake:
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
1505 Eastover Drive
Jackson, MS 39211-6374
Phone: 601-432-2400
This took me five minutes on Google....
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