---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 31.2"
title: "50"
number: "31.2"
heading: "Methods of surplus wildlife population control and disposal."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/31.2"
---

# §31.2. Methods of surplus wildlife population control and disposal.


Upon a determination that wildlife are surplus to a balanced conservation program on any wildlife refuge area, the surplus may be reduced or utilized in accordance with Federal and State law and regulation by:

- (a) **Donation or loan to public agencies and institutions.**
- (b) **Sale to public or private agencies and institutions.**
- (c) **Commercial harvest of fishery resources.**
- (d) **Official wildlife control operations.**
- (e) **Public hunting or fishing.**
- (f) **Trapping.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 2, 33 Stat. 614, as amended, sec. 5, 43 Stat. 651, secs. 5, 10, 45 Stat. 449, 1224, secs. 4, 2, 48 Stat. 402, as amended, 451, as amended, 1270, sec. 4, 76 Stat. 654; 5 U.S.C. 301, 16 U.S.C. 685, 725, 690d, 715i, 664, 718(b), 43 U.S.C. 315a, 16 U.S.C. 460k; sec. 2, 80 Stat. 926; 16 U.S.C. 668bb.

### Source

Source: 31 FR 16027, Dec. 15, 1966, unless otherwise noted.