{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-2201","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 8-2201","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:\n\n(1)\n“Animal Care and Control Agency” means the agency established by § 8-1802.\n\n(2)\n“Department” means the Department of Energy and Environment.\n\n(3)\n“Director” means the Director of the Department of Energy and Environment.\n\n(4)\n“Licensed wildlife rehabilitator” means a wildlife rehabilitator licensed in any state or the District.\n\n(5)\n“Wildlife” shall include any free-roaming wild animal, but shall not include:\n(A)\nDomestic animals;\n(B)\nCommensal rodents;\n(C)\nInvertebrates; and\n(D)\nFish.\n\n(6)\n“Wildlife control” means to harass, repel, evict, exclude, possess, transport, liberate, reunite, rehome, take, euthanize, or kill wildlife.\n\n(7)\n“Wildlife control operator” means a person who is licensed to perform wildlife control services under § 8-2204, but shall not include the Animal Care and Control Agency or a property manager as defined by § 47-2853.141.\n\n(8)\n“Wildlife control services provider” means the operator of a business which involves the charging of a fee for services in wildlife control.","path":["Title 8. Environmental and Animal Control and Protection.","Chapter 22. Wildlife Protection.","Subchapter I. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/8-2201","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"3b0e3789df9c7b93fa92862b5291e3a175279cb1185eadccb875ba36b5be7936","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-2141.01","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-2202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}