Skunk Legal Status
Because legal status, trapping restrictions, and other information about skunks change, contact your local Animal Evictor office for updates.
Skunks are not classified as game animals or furbearing animals.
It is unlawful to release a skunk anywhere within the state, other than on the property where it was legally trapped, without a permit to do so.
Except for bona fide public or private zoological parks, persons and entities are prohibited from importing skunks into Washington State without a permit from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and written permission from the Washington Department of Health. Persons and entities are also prohibited from acquiring, selling, bartering, exchanging, giving, purchasing, or trapping a skunk for a pet or for export
This information was provided by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, Russell Link, and Michael Holmquist
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Skunks are not classified as game animals or furbearing animals.
It is unlawful to release a skunk anywhere within the state, other than on the property where it was legally trapped, without a permit to do so.
Except for bona fide public or private zoological parks, persons and entities are prohibited from importing skunks into Washington State without a permit from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and written permission from the Washington Department of Health. Persons and entities are also prohibited from acquiring, selling, bartering, exchanging, giving, purchasing, or trapping a skunk for a pet or for export
This information was provided by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, Russell Link, and Michael Holmquist
Click here to return to the home page
