301 KAR 2:300. Black bears.

      RELATES TO: KRS 150.025, 150.390(1)

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 150.025

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 150.025 authorizes the department to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the purposes of KRS Chapter 150, including the management and conservation of wildlife. This administrative regulation establishes the prohibitions regarding the feeding of black bears and pursuing black bears with dogs in the Commonwealth.

      Section 1. Feeding and Pursuing Black Bears. A person shall not:

      (1) Engage in any direct or indirect feeding of black bears; or

      (2) Pursue or chase black bears with dogs. (29 Ky.R. 1433; 1766; eff. 1-16-2003.)