The 40-36-9. TheExcept as otherwise provided for in this section, the Department of Game, Fish and Parks may direct or employ personnel and conduct programs programs, and the Game, Fish and Parks Commission may adopt adopt, pursuant to chapter 1-26 necessary necessary, rules to control foxes, coyotes, feral dogs, prairie dogs, and other wild animals. The expense thereof shall must be paid out of the Department of Game, Fish and Parks department of game, fish and parks fund or the state animal damage control fund. Source: SDC 1939, § 25.1004; SL 1974, ch 274, § 2; SL 1978, ch 288, § 5; SL 1983, ch 292, § 10; SL 1984, ch 273, § 36. Nothing in this section authorizes the expenditure of moneys as a bounty for the taking of any badger, opossum, racoon, striped skunk, red fox, or other animal, if the purpose for the taking is the control of nest predation. 12