Division of Management Authority
International Affairs

Permits by Activity and Wildlife Type

Animals

Trophies

Import

Elephant 
Leopard 

White Rhino
Bontebok
Argali 
Other ESA Trophies          

Export

Export/Re-Export of Trophies

Personal

Pets

Import/Export/Re-export 
Pet Passport
Export/Re-export

Non-commercial captive bred live animals
Non-commercial export of wildlife removed from the wild
Antiques (items older than 100 years of age)
Pre-Convention (items older than 30 years but less than 100 years of age)                     

Commercial     

Captive Bred Live Animals
Wildlife Removed from the Wild
Re-export of Wildlife
Biomedical Samples
Export Caviar/Meat from Paddlefish/Sturgeon
Raptor Export
Pre-Convention
Antique

Export Skins of 7 Native Species
Import/Export/Interstate Commerce ESA Species
Captive Bred Wildlife Registration
Registration of Appendix I Breeding Facility
Registration for Export of Certain Native Species

Scientific

Export Samples
Import Appendix I Samples
Import/Export ESA Species
Certificate of Scientific Exchange
Import WBCA Birds
Eagle Feathers                           

Animal Exhibit

Zoo

Import of WBCA Birds 
WBCA Cooperative Breeding Program (CBP)
Import of Birds Under CBP
WBCA Foreign Sustainable Use Plan                                      
Approval of WBCA Foreign Breeding Facility  

Museum 
Circuses 
Traveling Exhibition
Eagle Feathers                                                          

Native American Regalia – Eagle Feathers                       

Marine Mammals

Import/Export/Take/Transport ESA and/or MMPA Species
Scientific Research
Public Display  
Public Display Transfer
Registered Tannery /Agent
Export/Re-export                                                        

Introduction from the Sea

Injurious Wildlife                                                                       

Plants

Personal

Export 
Pre-Convention 
Antique                                                   

Commercial export

Exporters/Re-exporters
Artificial Propagators  
Hardwood Re-exporters
Herbal Supplement Manufacturers
Ginseng                                                               
Pre-Convention                          
Antique                                          

Import Wild-collected Appendix I PlantsImport/Export/Interstate commerce of ESA Plants      
Certificate of Scientific ExchangeMuseum Import/Export Plants                                   

Permit Renewal
Permit Reissuance
Single-use Permits (Clones) under a Master File
Retrospective Permit
Replacement of Lost Permit                                        

Last updated: November 20, 2008
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