Jack James Pedersen v. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture

DANAHER, Circuit Judge.

An agent of one Demmer, as owner, received from the Secretary a permit to import five giraffes from Kenya, East Africa. After a period of detention at the Government quarantine station in New Jersey, three of the giraffes were sold and released to public zoos in various places in the United States, and two female giraffes were sold to one Freeman, but were not released. Appellant, intending to exhibit the giraffes at his private zoo, “Africa U. S. A.” in Boca Raton, Florida, purchased Freeman’s interest. One giraffe died of a heart attack, and appellant, after futile…