depredation permit
A depredation permit allows a person in the U.S. to shoot certain birds and animals on their own property to protect crops, livestock, or domestic animals according to various rules and regulations. The U.S. Federal Government allows depredation permits for migratory birds on farmland.{{cite web |url=https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=71313200 |title=What you should know about a federal depredation permit |website=www.reginfo.gov}} In the state of Florida deer depredation permits are granted to farmers.{{Cite web|url=http://myfwc.com/license/wildlife/nuisance-wildlife-permits/deer-depredation/|title=Deer Depredation|website=Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission}} California has regulations for bear and bobcat depredation permits.{{cite web |last1=Yoon-Hendricks |first1=Alexandra |title=California man had a destructive bear killed. Then his Tahoe neighbors went on the attack |url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article238546758.html |website=The Sacramento Bee |accessdate=9 January 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Dowd |first1=Katie |title=A Tahoe man had a bear killed on his property. Then, the threats came. |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/tahoe-vista-bear-permit-bear-league-14956133.php |accessdate=9 January 2020 |work=SFGate |date=7 January 2020}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XKKbCwAAQBAJ&q=depredation+permit&pg=PA221|title=California Fish and Game Code 2016|first=John|last=Snape|date=February 13, 2016|publisher=Lulu.com|via=Google Books|isbn=9781329901704}} Wild pigs{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LxVKAQAAMAAJ&q=depredation+permit|title=Proceedings – Vertebrate Pest Conference|date=February 28, 1996|publisher=University of California, Davis|via=Google Books}} and mountain lion{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sSr8AAAAQBAJ&q=depredation+permit&pg=PA207|title=The Cougar: Beautiful, Wild and Dangerous|first=Paula|last=Wild|date=September 6, 2013|publisher=D & M Publishers|via=Google Books|isbn=9781771620031}} and beavers have also been targeted by depredation permits.{{cite web |last1=Vaughan |first1=Monica |title=Leave it to beavers |url=https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/environment/article237540319.html |website=The Tribune |accessdate=9 January 2020}}
In 2019, NOAA proposed issuing depredation permits for the kill of more than 400 Steller sea lions and California sea lions in Oregon because they are said to be eating too many fish.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chinookobserver.com/news/northwest/noaa-fisheries-makes-plans-for-sea-lion-control/article_174df960-d0e4-11e9-a128-871cbd86e3ca.html|title=NOAA Fisheries makes plans for sea lion control|first=Columbia Basin|last=Bulletin|website=Chinook Observer}} Depredation permits allowing bow hunting of white-tailed deer are considered a population control method in Suffolk County, New York.{{Cite web|url=https://easthamptonstar.com/2019913/suffolk-archery-permits-available-starting-monday|title=Suffolk Archery Permits Available Starting Monday | The East Hampton Star|website=easthamptonstar.com}}