HB1629

Enhances penalties for killing or capturing exotic livestock after unlawful entry into a commercial wildlife enclosure.

Mississippi HB1629 amends the state code to establish penalties for unlawful entry into a shooting preserve or commercial wildlife enclosure and the killing, maiming, wounding, or capturing of exotic livestock. Violators face criminal charges, civil liability, and restitution to the operator and owner of the enclosure. The bill defines exotic livestock as grass-eating or plant-eating, single-hooved or cloven-hooved mammals not indigenous to Mississippi, including non-native cervids, exotic ruminants, non-domestic camelids, non-domestic swine, and other non-native ungulates.