{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-27-5-12","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 27-5-12","heading":"Shooting of any wild animal held under wild animal permit or farmed deer.","body":"It shall be unlawful to shoot, kill, or wound any wild animal held under a wild animal license or permit or any farmed deer for enjoyment, gain, amusement, or sport. This Code section does not prohibit:\n(1) A licensed veterinarian from diagnosing, treating, or performing other duties within the standards of veterinary practice on a farmed deer;\n(2) The slaughter of wild animals or farmed deer in compliance with the provisions of paragraph (16) of Code Section 27-5-6 and with the laws of this state relating to the slaughter of livestock; or\n(3) The recapture or disposal of farmed deer which have escaped and which have become classified as wild animals pursuant to Code Section 4-4-174 or the disposal of wild animals according to Code Section 27-5-10.","path":["TITLE 27 Game And Fish","CHAPTER 5 Wild Animals"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.27.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"1bf5953bf17652aea6b99caf40ba599cc6c3d8f1898f02e6c94de67f2693d9e2","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-27-5-11","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-28-1-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}