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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.npr.org_blogs_parallels_2015_01_28_381896551_tiger-2Dskins-2Dand-2Drhino-2Dhorns-2Dcan-2Da-2Dtrade-2Ddeal-2Dhalt-2Dthe-2Dtrafficking&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=ecDkBQaUxCNqd-LBN4zlLuVY5vWtbV-tNh8W8933DwU&s=xD7ZrkCttoAY78QcX1p4wWX4WwYJIKp4_E91oCTrqh0&e=">http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2015/01/28/381896551/tiger-skins-and-rhino-horns-can-a-trade-deal-halt-the-trafficking</a><br>
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As you will read, people ARE using the mail to ship wildlife
products, even if those species require a permit. The USFWS told us
that you can use the mail - contrary to what the regulations imply.
<br>
<br>
The regulations don't prohibit the use of the mail in so many words.
Instead, they say that you have to ship protected stuff (anything
that requires a permit) through a designated wildlife port. And <br>
<br>
they also make an exception for scientific specimens: <br>
<br>
<br>
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14.24</span><span class="SUBJECT SECTION-SUBJECT"
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specimens.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
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size="+1"><b>Except for wildlife requiring a permit pursuant to
parts 16, 17, 18, 21, 22 or 23 of this subchapter,</b></font>
dead, preserved, dried, or embedded scientific specimens or parts
thereof, imported or exported by accredited scientists or
accredited scientific institutions for taxonomic or systematic
research purposes may enter or exit through any U.S. Customs port,
or may be shipped through the international mail system.<span
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style="font-style: italic; padding-right: 2px; padding-left:
2px;">Provided,</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>that
this exception will not apply to any specimens or parts thereof
taken as a result of sport hunting.<br>
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</span>The logical inference is: if there's an exception, there must
be a rule that otherwise prohibits whatever the exception allows.<br>
<br>
However, when I talked with Mark Phillips of the Division of Law
Enforcement of the USFWS, he pointed out (correctly) that the
regulations do not prohibit use of the mail, notwithstanding the
fact that there is an exception. And that the mail leaving the U.S.
goes out through ports that are designated wildlife ports. If you
have marked the package correctly, then, you could send it out
through the U.S. mail.<br>
<br>
Personally, I would never send anything of value through the U.S.
mail. It just isn't reliable. And mail service in most other
countries is even less reliable.<br>
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</span>I strongly advise the use of FedEx and if you are not near a
designated wildlife port and need to export, you can send the entire
shipment (unsealed but otherwise ready to go out, i.e., with all
packaging and documents) in a second, outer box to a USFWS law
enforcement office at a designated wildlife port and ask them to
clear (if you didn't e-dec), inspect, seal, and ship.<br>
<br>
It makes sense to send the packages to LE in Memphis, which has a
lot of experience with wildlife generally and specifically with
shipments of scientific material. The chief there - Barry Davis - is
exceptionally helpful.<br>
<br>
Ellen<br>
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Ellen Paul
Executive Director
The Ornithological Council
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