Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL. TATEL, Circuit Judge: After listing the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, acting pursuant to a related statute— the Marine Mammal Protection Act— barred the importation of polar bear trophies. Hunters and hunting organizations challe

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 405 U.S. App. D.C. 350 · 2013-06-18

Key topics: animal, cruelty, wildlife, Endangered, Species, Act, dog, bite, animal, welfare.

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