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Honorable Dudley Harrison - Page 2 (JM-683)
Sec. 5. The Director of Extension of the System
is hereby authorized and directed to execute a
cooperative agreement with the appropriate officers
or agencies of the United States for carrying out
such cooperative work in predatory animal and
rodent control in such manner and under such
regulations as may be stated in such agreement.
Construction with other laws
Sec. 10. The provisions, restrictions and
penalties of Section 72.005, Parks and Wildlife
Code, shall not be construed as applying to hunters
and trappers under this Act, provided they are
acting in performance of duties contemplated under
the terms of this Act.
You direct our attention to 7 U.S.C.A., section 426, which
provides:
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and
directed to conduct such investigations, experi-
ments, and tests as he may deem necessary in order
to determine, demonstrate, and promulgate the best
methods of eradication, suppression, or bringing
under control on national forests and other
areas of the public domain as well as on State,
Territory, or privately owned lands of mountain
lions, wolves, coyotes, bobcats, prairie dogs,
gophers, ground squirrels, jack rabbits, and other
animals injurious to agriculture, horticulture,
forestry, animal husbandry, wild game animals,
fur-bearing animals, and birds, and for the
protection of stock and other domestic animals
through the suppression of rabies and tularemia in
predatory or other wild animals; and to conduct
campaigns for the destruction or control of such
animals: Provided, That in carrying out the
provisions of this section the Secretary of
Agriculture may cooperate with States, individuals,
and public and private agencies, organizations, and
institutions.
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-683, text, April 22, 1987; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth273121/m1/2/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.