{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-498.016","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 498.016","heading":"Taking crippled or helpless wildlife.","body":"Nothing in the wildlife laws is intended to prohibit any person from killing any crippled or helpless wildlife when the killing is done for a humane purpose. Any person so killing any wildlife shall immediately report such killing to a person authorized to enforce the wildlife laws, and shall dispose of the wildlife in such manner as the State Fish and Wildlife Commission directs.","path":["14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources","41. Wildlife","Chapter 498 — Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors498.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:15Z","sha256":"d786c1bf92e691de6fc50527ecff6b4fce0935744434bde7e52fd66bf0b34423","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-498.015","next":"us-or/ors-498.018"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}