Copy: InsectNet.com Newsletter, 'The Law and You'

[Kenelm Philip]

> ...just what are some of these new wildlife trading regulations?

	Since the 1970's, which Clark Thompson was referring to, we have
the 1981 revision of the Lacey Act, and the subsequent related portions
of the USF&WS's 50 CFR covering import and export of wildlife (which now
includes insects, and in fact all 'animals' or parts thereof--and don't
ask your friendly F&WS enforcement agent about the 4 kingdom or 5 kingdom
view of life, or Woese's domains. Apparently the Lacey Act is based on
the two kingdom system.)

	All these have been discussed in some detail on Leps-L in the past.
Rather than rehash it all here, I suggest that interested parties obtain
their own copies from the F&WS (they're free) and read them. The main items
are the Lacey Act itself, and 50 CFR 14 (Imp/Exp, Transp. of wildlife).
These are having a distressing impact on our ability to carry out inter-
national research on insects. Our tax dollars at work... Note that most
plants are totally exempted from the Lacey Act--if only insects had been
treated the same way...

							Ken Philip
fnkwp at uaf.edu