[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR14.91]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                INTERIOR
 
PART 14--IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION, AND TRANSPORTATION OF WILDLIFE--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart I--Import/Export Licenses
 
Sec. 14.91  License requirement.


    (a) Prohibition. Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, it is 
unlawful for any person to engage in business as an importer or exporter 
of wildlife without first having obtained a valid import/export license 
from the Director.
    (b) Definition. As used in this subpart, the phrase engage in 
business as an importer or exporter of wildlife means for a person to 
devote time, attention, labor, or effort to any activity for gain or 
profit that involves the importation or exportation of wildlife whether 
or not such person is an importer or exporter within the meaning of the 
customs laws of the United States.
    (c) Certain persons required to be licensed. The definition in 
paragraph (b) of this section includes, but is not limited to, persons 
who import or export wildlife for commercial purposes:
    (1) For trade, sale, or resale, such as animal dealers, animal 
brokers, pet dealers, pet suppliers, and laboratory research suppliers;
    (2) In the form of fur for tanning, manufacture, or sale, such as 
fur trappers, dealers, brokers, and manufacturers;
    (3) In the form of hides and skins for tanning, manufacture, or 
sale, such as hide, skin, and leather dealers, brokers, manufacturers, 
and processors;
    (4) In the form of products (such as garments, bags, shoes, boots, 
jewelry, rugs, or curios) for sale, such as wholesalers, retailers, 
distributors, and brokers;
    (5) As taxidermists in connection with the mounting processing, or 
storage of trophies or specimens;
    (6) As freight forwarders; and
    (7) In the form of food products taken from populations of non-
domesticated animals.

[45 FR 56673, Aug. 25, 1980, as amended at 61 FR 31871, June 21, 1996]