Bill > HB476

This bill, known as the Alabama Good Samaritan Wildlife Rehabilitation Act, establishes a right for individuals to provide care for injured, orphaned, or debilitated wild animals and birds that are not federally protected or endangered, with the goal of returning them to the wild. This care is permitted for a maximum of six months, with an exception for beavers, which can be cared for up to three years, and the animal must be released in the general area where it was found. Additionally, certain animals like raccoons, skunks, bats, foxes, coyotes, or bobcats must be vaccinated for rabies before release if a veterinary facility is nearby. The act clarifies that this does not authorize individuals to practice veterinary medicine, exempts them from animal cruelty laws, or allows them to keep wild animals as pets, and municipalities can enact their own ordinances that align with these provisions.

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