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Old 11-23-2013, 11:22 AM
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Porcupine are not a protected species.
In the hunting regulations it says you may hunt but not trap Porcupine.

The Alberta Wildlife Act calls selling of any part of an animal, trafficking.

Section 62 of the Alberta Wildlife Act says this;

Quote:
Trafficking in wildlife
62(1) A person shall not traffic in wildlife.
(2) A person shall not be in possession of wildlife for the purpose
of trafficking in wildlife.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not
(a) apply if and to the extent that the trafficking or the
possession is specifically authorized by a permit
or is
authorized by or under the Livestock Industry
Diversification Act,
(b) apply if the trafficking or possession is reasonably
incidental to the operation of a fur farm in accordance
with the Fur Farms Act or is in accordance with the Meat
Inspection Act or the Meat Inspection Act (Canada), or
(c) prevent a person from acquiring wildlife from the Minister
under section 9.
(4) Each single act described in section 1(1)(gg)(i) or (ii) done in
relation to a wildlife animal constitutes a separate act of trafficking
in wildlife.
In other words; you may not sell any part of a wild animal unless you are authorized to do so by license or permit.

Since Porcupine are not classed as fur bearing, a trapping license would not allow the sale of any part of a Porcupine, and a trapping license is the only license I am aware of that would allow one to sell parts of a wild animal.

However, it may be possible to obtain a permit from F&W that would allow you to sell parts of wildlife, that is classed as a pest species.
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