U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Announces Issuance of Numerous Endangered Species Act Permits for Research, Breeding, Trade, and Canned Hunting

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced its issuance of the following Endangered Species Act permits:

• Memphis Zoo (for the import of a female captive-born Amur leopard from Twycross Zoo in the United Kingdom in order to propagate the captive supply)

• Smithsonian Institution Museum of Natural History

• Virginia Zoological Park (captive-bred wildlife registration to breed and trade in Siamese crocodiles, white-naped cranes, siamangs, Bornean orangutangs, and Malayan tapirs)

• National Aviary in Pittsburgh (for captive-bred wildlife registration to breed and trade a number of protected avian species)

• University of Oklahoma (for the import of biological samples derived from wild Central American river turtles taken in Belize for research)

• Duke University Lemur Center (amendment of an existing permit to export additional Coquerel’s sifakas to the Berlin Tierpark)

• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (for the import of biological samples derived from wild howler monkeys taken in Tabasco, Mexico)

• Wright Family, LLC (for the killing of multiple Arabian oryx and barasinghas at the J Bar J Ranch canned hunting facility in Clarendon, Texas)

• Saint Louis Zoo (for the import of biological samples derived from Galapagos tortoises for research purposes)

• University of Texas at Austin (for the export and re-impot of museum specimens of insects/arachnids, reptiles/amphibians, fish, and other invertebrates)

• Henry Vilas Zoo (for renewal of captive-bred wildlife registration to breed and trade Bactrian camels, Afrian wild asses, Lar gibbons, ring-tailed lemurs, black-and-white ruffed lemurs, golden lion tamarins, African lions, Amur tigers, Bornean orangutans, African penguins, and southern white rhinoceroses)

• Caldwell Zoo (for issuance of captive-bred wildlife registration to breed and trade in cheetahs, generic tigers, African lions, Black rhinoceroses, Grevy’s zebras, military macaws, northern bald ibises, red-ruffed lemurs, ring-tailed lemurs, cotton-top tamarins, and African penguins)

• Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium (for issuance of captive-bred wildlife registration to breed and trade radiated tortoises, Parma wallabies, Asian elephants, black-and-white ruffed lemurs, ring-tailed lemurs, northern white-cheeked gibbons, siamangs, clouded leopards, Sumatran tigers, Malayan tapirs, and lowland anoas)

• Binder Park Zoo (for issuance of captive-bred wildlife registration to breed and trade in bontebok, cheetahs, African wild dogs, Panamanian golden frogs, red-necked gazelles, Przewalski’s horses, snow leopards, ring-tailed lemurs, black-and-white ruffed lemurs, red-collared lemurs, and African lions)

• American Museum of Natural History (to import biological samples derived from wild golden-shouldered parrots taken in Queensland, Australia for research purposes)