Law No. IX-966 “On hunting”.

The purpose of this Law shall be to establish social relations linked with the protection and rational use of game present in the territory of the Republic of Lithuania. Free-living game shall be under State ownership. Free-living game which was caught or shot in accordance with this Law and other legal acts shall transfer into the ownership of a user of hunting grounds who caught or shot that game, except for hunting trophies owned by a person who hunted that game. Captive game shall be under the ownership of a natural or legal person who acquired that game. The right to the use of free-living game resources shall be granted by the Regional Environmental Protection Departments of the Ministry of Environment that will issue a permit for the use of game resources in a unit of hunting grounds. Hunting grounds shall include and hunting shall be allowed in all territories, except for the territories referred to in point 2 of this Article. Hunting shall be prohibited in: (a) cemeteries, urbanised areas, state strict reserves, strict reserves situated in state parks and biosphere strict reserves, small strict reserves and other territories in which such activity is prohibited by laws and other legal acts; and (b) other territories in which no hunting may take place with account of the local conditions and which are established by authorities engaged in the formation of units of hunting grounds in accordance with Article 8 of this Law. Users of hunting grounds shall have the right to: (a) hunt game resources under the conditions set out in the permit for the use of game resources in a unit of hunting grounds, and use these resources through other types of wildlife uses set out in the Law on Wildlife; (b) protect and increase game resources, and improve the conditions of the living environment of game; (c) on agreement with the owners and managers of land plots, implement biotechnical measures on their land, build and operate hunting installations and construct enclosures for game keeping; (d) in accordance with the Law on the Environmental Protection Support Programme and the Law on the Special Municipal Environmental Protection Support Programme, receive financial support for improving the conditions of the living environment of game and restoring the populations of rare and threatened game species, as well as for measures of response to outbreaks of contagious (epizootic) diseases among wild animals and for other purposes provided for in these legal acts; and (e) renew the permit for the use of game resources in a unit of hunting grounds. The Government performs the following function: (a) forms a strategy for the protection of wildlife and the use of its resources, coordinates its implementation and the preparation of separate programs; (b) coordinates the activities of state and municipal institutions in the field of wildlife protection and use of its resources; (c) approves the rules for the circulation of hunting gear; (d) determines the procedure for recognition of hunting tickets or other similar documents, issued in foreign countries, in the Republic of Lithuania; and (e) performs other functions provided for by legal acts.