Lacey Act

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Lacey Act

• Amended through P.L. 97-79, Nov. 16,
  1981National
• Dominique Lyakov
• Period 2

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Overview/Summary

• The Lacey Act provides that it is unlawful for
  any person to import, export, transport, sell,
  receive, acquire, or purchase any fish or
  wildlife or plant taken, possessed, transported,
  or sold in violation of any law, treaty, or
  regulation of the United States or in violation
  of any Indian tribal law whether in interstate or
  foreign commerce. 

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Game and Wild Bird Preservation.

• The purposes of the Act are to aid in the
  restoration of game and other wild birds in parts
  of the U.S. where they have become scarce or
  extinct.
• It regulate the introduction of American or
  foreign birds or animals in localities where they
  have not previously existed.
• The Department of the Interior have the
  responsibility to enforce this act.
• This includes the preservation, distribution,
  introduction and restoration of game and other
  wild birds.