The Fish and Wildlife Service is requesting comments on applications it has received related to foreign animals listed under the Endangered Species Act. Triple D Game Farm has applied for a captive-bred wildlife registration for snow leopards and Amur leopards; Palfram Ranch Management has applied for a captive-bred wildlife registration for barasingha (a deer species native to India) and red lechwe (an antelope species native to Africa); New Jersey Aquarium has applied for a captive-bred wildlife registration for African penguins; Happy Hollow Zoo has applied for a captive-bred wildlife registration for Parma wallaby; and Potter Park Zoo has applied for a captive-bred wildlife registration for black rhinoceros, golden lion tamarin, tigers, snow leopards, mandrills, cottontop marmosets, and African lions. Four individuals have applied for permits to import sport-hunted trophies from South Africa. The agency is accepting comments until January 13, 2020.
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