2016 Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 510 - ANIMALS
510 ILCS 60/ - Domesticated Wild Animals Act.

(510 ILCS 60/0.01) (from Ch. 8, par. 23y)
Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Domesticated Wild Animals Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(510 ILCS 60/1) (from Ch. 8, par. 24)
Sec. 1. All birds and animals ferae naturae or naturally wild, including fur bearing animals not native to this State, when raised or in domestication, or kept in enclosures and reduced to possession, are hereby declared to be objects of ownership and absolute title, the same as cattle and other property, and shall receive the same protection of law, and in the same way and to the same extent shall be the subject of trespass or theft, as other personal property.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2059.)

(510 ILCS 60/2) (from Ch. 8, par. 24a)
Sec. 2. When fox, rabbit, mink, chinchilla, marten, fisher, muskrat, karakul and other fur bearing animals are raised in captivity for breeding or other useful purposes (a) such animals shall be deemed domestic animals; (b) such animals and the products thereof shall be deemed agricultural products; and (c) the breeding, raising, producing or marketing of such animals or their products by the producer thereof shall be deemed an agricultural pursuit.
(Source: Laws 1949, p. 27.)

(510 ILCS 60/3) (from Ch. 8, par. 24b)
Sec. 3. The provisions of this Act shall not be held or construed to repeal or modify the provisions of the "Wildlife Code of Illinois" applicable to the breeding, raising, producing or marketing of any such birds or animals so raised in captivity. Nor shall the provisions of this Act be construed to restrict or limit the powers with reference to zoning granted by statute to cities, villages or incorporated towns either as to territory within or territory contiguous to but outside of the limits of such cities, villages or incorporated towns or to restrict or limit the powers with reference to zoning granted by statute to counties.
(Source: P.A. 81-358.)