A. No resident or nonresident fur buyer shall ship furs, alligators, or alligator skins out of state.
B. No resident fur dealer, trapper, alligator hunter, alligator parts dealer, alligator farmer, or nonresident fur dealer or nonresident alligator hunter shall ship or take raw furs, alligators, alligator skins, or alligator parts out of state without first complying with the provisions of this Section and rules and regulations of the commission...
E. No fur, alligator, alligator skins, alligator eggs, or alligator parts intended for shipment out of state shall be accepted by any post office, express company, agent, or agent of any common carrier nor any agent thereof, unless there is attached to the shipment to each consignee one of the tags specified in Subsection C above or the labels specified in Subsection D above...
Citation: LSA-R.S. § 56:253.
A. No person shall take or possess the eggs of alligators, or alligators, or their skins in any parish of this state except as provided for by rules and regulations of the commission. Alligators or their skins shall be tagged as provided for by rules and regulations of the commission. The possession or sale of untagged wild harvested alligators or their skins is prohibited. Upon approval by the commission, a special permit shall be issued to take, possess, or sell the eggs of alligators or live alligators...
Citation: LSA-R.S. § 56:261.
A. Recognizing that the Louisiana alligator is an important and integral aspect of a vast and complex ecological system, it shall be the policy of the state that those extremely rare species of alligator whose color substantially deviates from the norm shall be especially protected.
B. (1) No person shall, whether intentionally or unintentionally, take from the wild any alligator that is white or albino...
Citation: LSA-R.S. § 56:280.
A. No person shall take diamondback terrapins by means of traps of any kind, and no person shall take the eggs of any species of turtle, except the red ear (Trachemys Scripta), wherever found.
B. No person shall ship diamondback terrapins out of the state between the fifteenth of April and the fifteenth of June. All diamondback terrapins caught by any means whatsoever during that period shall be immediately returned to the water alive.
Citation: LSA-R.S. § 56:635.
...C. (1) A person transporting reptiles or amphibians under privilege of a transport license is prohibited from buying or selling, by any means whatsoever, any species of reptile or amphibian...
Citation: LSA-R.S. § 56:632.9.
A. The use of gasoline, chemicals, or other volatile substances to flush reptiles and amphibians from natural hiding places, nests, or dens is prohibited.
B. The destruction of natural habitats is prohibited. All logs, rocks, and other natural objects may be turned over or moved, but they must be replaced in their original position upon completion of the collector’s inspection...
Citation: LSA-R.S. § 56:632.6.
D. The taking of alligators is prohibited between the hours of sunset and sunrise. The taking of alligators out of season is prohibited.
Citation: LSA-R.S. § 56:259.
A. No person shall set any trap, capable of taking any nongame quadruped more than one day before the open trapping or alligator season, or permit such device to remain set after the closing day of the open season. All traps shall be run daily and all traps must be removed from the trapping grounds and alligator hunting areas the last day of open season.
Citation: LSA-R.S. § 56:260.