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FWS Removes Import-Export Registration Exemption for Cross-Bred, Generic Tigers

The Fish and Wildlife Service is eliminating an exemption from registration requirements under the Endangered Species Act for inter-subspecific crossed tigers or generic tigers (Panthera tigris), which are specimens not identified or identifiable as members of Bengal, Sumatran, Siberian, or…

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Indochinese subspecies, it said. The agency’s final rule (here) removes inter-subspecific crossed tigers and generic tigers from the list of species that are exempt from registration under the Captive-bred Wildlife regulations for activities including import, export and interstate commerce. The final rule takes effect May 6.