Assertion: leopard tortoise | /r/HasProperty | listed in appendix ii
Facets:
value: of cites
type: LOCATION
value: since 1975
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The leopard tortoise has been listed in Appendix II of CITES since 1975 and in 2000, the United States banned their import because of the risk posed by heartwater, an infectious disease carried by tortoise ticks that could seriously impact the US livestock industry.