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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 230 (Friday, November 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 94754-94755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28078]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2024-0163; FXIA16710900000-245-FF09A30000]

Emergency Exemption: Issuance of Emergency Permits To Import 
Endangered Species

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have waived the 30-day 
public notice period and have issued two endangered species permits for 
import of three jaguars (Panthera onca) and three tigers (Panthera 
tigris). We issue these permits under the Endangered Species Act.

ADDRESSES: Materials pertaining to the permit application are available 
by submitting a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the 
Service's FOIA office at https://www.doi.gov/foia/foia-request-form.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Tapia, by phone at 703-358-2104 
or via email at [email protected]. Individuals in the United States who are 
deaf, blind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 
(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. 
Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services 
offered within their country to make international calls to the point-
of-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
(Service), have issued two emergency permits to conduct certain 
activities with jaguar (Panthera onca) and tiger (Panthera tigris) in 
response to two permit applications that we received under the 
authority of section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
    We issued the requested permits subject to certain conditions set 
forth in the permit. For the applications, we found that (1) the 
applications were filed in good faith, (2) the granted permits would 
not operate to the disadvantage of the endangered species,

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and (3) the granted permits would be consistent with the purposes and 
policy set forth in section 2 of the ESA.

                Permits Issued Under Emergency Exemption
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        Permit number              Applicant       Permit issuance date
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PER12739118..................  The Wild Animal   October 9, 2024.
                                Sanctuary.
PER12746542..................  The Wild Animal   October 9, 2024.
                                Sanctuary.
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    The Wild Animal Sanctuary requested two permits to import three 
live jaguars and three live tigers from Lebanon and Mexico, 
respectively, due to political instability and the threat of warfare in 
the former, and due to severe financial difficulty for the partner 
organization in the latter. After assessing the level of crisis facing 
the respective partner organizations in Lebanon and Mexico, the Service 
determined that an emergency affecting the lives of these animals 
existed, and that no reasonable alternative was available to the 
applicant.
    On October 9, 2024, the Service issued permits PER12739118 and 
PER12746542 to The Wild Animal Sanctuary, to import three jaguars and 
three tigers for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the 
species. The animals will be transferred to the Wild Animal Sanctuary 
where they are anticipated to remain for the entirety of their 
lifetimes.

Authority

    We issue this notice under the authority of the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and its 
implementing regulations.

Brenda Tapia,
Supervisory Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch of Permits, 
Division of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 2024-28078 Filed 11-27-24; 8:45 am]
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