§ 4-6. Bird sanctuary.

(a)

The entire city is hereby designated, and shall hereafter constitute, a sanctuary for wild birds of all species except blackbirds, crows, starlings, house sparrows and common pigeons.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person to catch, kill, injure, pursue or possess, either dead or alive, or purchase, expose for sale, transport or ship to a point within or without the city, or receive or deliver for transportation any species of wild fowl, except blackbirds, crows, starlings, house sparrows or common pigeons, unless authorized to do so by a validly adopted regulation of the state game and fish commission or by a federal regulation constitutionally adopted and imposed.

(c)

Nothing contained in the provisions of this section shall prohibit any person or institution from collecting wild birds or their nests or eggs, except birds protected by federal or state game laws, for scientific study, school instruction, or other educational uses. Any person desiring to collect such birds or their nests or eggs shall comply with the provisions of A.C.A. § 15-45-210.

(Code 1976, §§ 4-19—4-21)

State law reference

State to be wild fowl sanctuary, A.C.A. § 15-45-210.