FILE - Sun shines on the Rhode Island Statehouse Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004, in Providence, R.I. Rhode Island lawmakers have approved legislation Tuesday, June 11, 2024, that would let it join more than half of states with a full or partial ban on “captive hunting” — a hunt that occurs within a structure designed to restrict the free movement of animals and prevent them from escaping.
The legislation would not apply to the release of domestic game birds on public property, or on private property licensed by the state Department of Environmental Management as a shooting preserve for the purpose of hunting. Lawmakers have also approved a second bill meant to update the protocols for reporting car accidents involving wildlife and for collecting the resulting roadkill for consumption.
Data from wildlife collisions are used in statistical models by environmental officials to estimate wildlife population. The legislation would also let the state salvage unwanted roadkill for general consumption.
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