Paragraph I: Added "II-a, or II-b" following "in paragraph II". Any person possessing a wolf hybrid shall keep accurate licensing and vaccination records, as required by RSA 466-A:2 and neutering records, as provided in RSA 466-A:3, II, which shall be available for inspection by an animal control officer or law enforcement officer. (b) A person may bring a wolf hybrid into the state temporarily for competitive events. (a) A person may import a wolf hybrid provided the wolf hybrid is spayed or neutered and has proper documentation of the spaying or neutering. No person shall sell or resell, offer for sale or resale, or release or cause to be released a wolf hybrid in the state of New Hampshire. Substituted "wolf hybrids" for "this chapter" following "apply to" in the first sentence and deleted the second sentence. The provisions of RSA 466, RSA 436:99-109 and RSA 644:8, shall apply to wolf hybrids, except as modified by the provisions of this chapter. An animal shall also be considered a wolf hybrid if it has been represented by its owner or former owner as having wolf ancestry. This definition shall include a wolf or wolf hybrid as either a sire or dam, grandsire or dam, great-grandsire or dam or great-great grandsire or dam. "Wolf hybrid" means any canine which has had a wolf ancestor within the previous 4 generations. "Wolf" means any canine classified as Canis lupis or Canis rufus. "Person" means any individual, partnership, company, association, trust, corporation, governmental unit or agency, or any other legal entity. This term shall not apply to veterinarians or kennel operators temporarily maintaining on their premises hybrids owned by other persons. "Owner" means any person keeping, harboring, or having charge or control of a hybrid, or permitting any hybrid to habitually be or remain on, or be lodged or fed within such person's house, yard, or premises. "Hybrid" means an offspring of 2 animals of different species or genera. "Canine" means a member of a species of mammal consisting of dogs, wolves, jackals, foxes, and coyotes. Any person in violation of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Each wolf hybrid shall be under the physical control of the owner or confined in an enclosure or structure sufficient to prohibit escape. A person may temporarily import a wolf hybrid provided that he or she shows proof of spaying or neutering and has accurate vaccination records. Under the law, no person shall sell or resell, offer for sale or resale, or release or cause to be released a wolf hybrid in the state of New Hampshire. This section of laws comprises New Hampshire's wolf-dog hybrid act.
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