However, the particular Yesert Tortoise'' they used was never proven to meet the criteria of the
Act wherein the critter lhad to lx engaged in Gforelg n commerce'' purmlnnt to the ork inatmg
Treaties, see th- xdions of the Act which state in part &s fonows:
(a) F/?)#/J?::
The tltwgr8r Iltlds and Jpc/ar:, that-
(1) p'r/pt?.ç 'pecies p///#, wlldllle, andplants /?l the t//#/:# Staten have 'Op rendered
px//'/x/ as a ô't)/?>4&,JY, ot Ot/ptlm/c groyh and #,-//##?:?# untempnred :# adeqllate
ctwc4'rp and :qz?>r# l/t)p,'
(2) other .çJ):tnp: ot //:/?, wlldllln, andplants 'ap' been so *:/:*# lt1 J?p/l?::?z that they
az' in #:4::/. ol t)r threatened w#/? êxtlàctlYn;
(3) //?:J: species p/ fish, F//J/#:, and #/ap/: are ol :J/?2/2, ecologicaé :#&ô'al/5pJ4
hintcrinal, rncreêtional, and ,:/:/7/#/: value to the Sal/bp and /1.: qeople;
(4) ?/?: United Slale has J#,J#L.# lb8Ilas a sovereign state in the mternational
ô't=/p&/lJ?
y' lJ connerve to //* extent practicable //?: varliw.ç @:c/p4 otllbh /?' wildllYe and:/4p2 faclhg extinction, ply,papl to-
(A) migratory :/J# treaties #//? canala and #:,wï't),.) th
e #/#J'al/(# and Endangered #/ê# Treaty v#/? Japalb'
(C) t?e &pp'p//tw tm #:1&/': Protedion apJ F//#///: Preservation in //;p Western
dJ??/<p??:r8,'
(D) //?: Intnrnational Dpp:p//k)p tor //?: North-st Atlantic F/.ç/?:r',J,'
(E) //?: International 6'twpp/ll//?l tor the //,4/? Seas >)à/?:r/,.ç ol //?, Worth 'aôb#/: ocean;F) th
e convention (?n Internatitmal Trade m J'pla/lgv:# Species ot Wild Fauna andFIo r , ' and
(9 other international agz'::mep/Jz' and
/W Purposes
7-/): purposes (# this ô'/;ZAJ#:J' are to Jl/'tv/#: a means e:re
.
g thn d<'#4/:/?> uFn e2/?
endangered JJMJ/,J and /??z':al:/;Y specins *JMr?# may be Op,erp' to prdpld a
Jexa?p tor the ct)/).çz'&4//p?? 0t Jt/O 'ndangêred species a/?# threatened species, and totake ,çt/tW nteps a, may & appropriate to achieve the purposes t# the /J':a/24 and
conventions >/ torth /'/? subsedion (a) 5/ this >:l/tw.
Md then a finnl defmûion of what the crhter needs to lx engage 111;
(9) T/le term 'foreign commerce '' includes, twlop; other l/#pJ#, any lrap.ça:l///?..-
(A) ::/e:?? persons F///N?? one /4e/:/7 tolmtry;(B) ::le,z? pnrsons in /* or m/J' toreign Olz/?lr/,.ç;
(c) ::/l-:J) a lô.J:tw withlh the United S/al:.ç and a #p?'mT? in a foreign c/f/p/zy;' or
(D) â,/e,p persons within 1//, United States, epr: the #:/? and F##///: lh 4pp4//4p are
moving in any ô'twp/z
.
y or ctwnli/:, outelte 1/1: United &al:4.
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