Legal Opinion
Safari Club International v. Salazar
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 9, 2013No. Civil Action No. 2011-1564PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BERYL A. HOWELL, District Judge.
This case involves issues surrounding the most effective ways under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq., to conserve three antelope species — the scimitar-horned oryx, dama gazelle, and addax — whose herds have dwindled, if not disappeared, from then-native environments in North Africa. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”), which is vested with the authority to designate the three antelope species as endangered under the ESA, has spent two decades considering these issues with input from both commercial and…
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