Notice2025-16579
Emergency Exemption: Issuance of Emergency Permit To Import Endangered Species
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Published
August 29, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentFish and Wildlife Service
Abstract
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have waived the 30-day public notice period and have issued an endangered species permit for import of five tigers (Panthera tigris). We issue this permit under the Endangered Species Act and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 166 (Friday, August 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42259-42260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16579]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2025-0374; FXIA16710900000-256-FF09A30000]
Emergency Exemption: Issuance of Emergency Permit To Import
Endangered Species
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of issuance of permit.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have waived the 30-day
public notice period and have issued an endangered species permit for
import of five tigers (Panthera tigris). We issue this permit under the
Endangered Species Act and the Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
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 <a href="https://www.doi.gov/foia/foia-request-form">https://www.doi.gov/foia/foia-request-form</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Tapia, by phone at 703-358-2104
or via email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1c58515d5a4e5c7a6b6f327b736a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="95d1d8d4d3c7d5f3e2e6bbf2fae3">[email protected]</span></a>. 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 an emergency permit to conduct certain
activities with the endangered tigers (Panthera tigris) in response to
a permit application 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 permit subject to certain conditions set
forth in the permit. For the application, we found that (1) the
application was filed in good faith, (2) the granted permit would not
operate to the disadvantage of the endangered species, and (3) the
granted permit would be consistent with the purposes and policy set
forth in section 2 of the ESA.
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Permit Issued Under Emergency Exemption
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Permit issuance
Permit No. Applicant date
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PER21349374..................... Carolina Tiger July 14, 2025.
Rescue.
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The Carolina Tiger Rescue requested a permit to import five live
tigers from Honduras due to deteriorating conditions in the animal's
current enclosures and the lack of available permanent spaces to house
these animals in Honduras. After assessing the situation facing partner
organizations in Honduras, the Service determined that an emergency
affecting the lives of these animals existed, and that no reasonable
alternative was available to the applicant.
On July 14, 2025, the Service issued permit no. PER21349374 to the
Carolina Tiger Rescue, to import five tigers for the purpose of
enhancement of the survival of the species.
Authority
We issue this notice under the authority of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and its implementing
regulations.
Timothy MacDonald,
Government Information Specialist, Branch of Permits, Division of
Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 2025-16579 Filed 8-28-25; 8:45 am]
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