![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090507195822im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Report Shows U.S. Wildlife Trade Poorly Regulated
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April 30, 2009
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A research team including Brown University has found that the U.S. wildlife import system is broken. In a paper published in Science, the team reported that federal authorities failed to accurately list more than four in five species entering the country. The effect: a range of diseases is introduced into the United States, potentially decimating species, devastating ecosystems and threatening food supply chains and human health.
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