Defenders of Wildlife v. Endangered Species Scientific Auth.

ELR Citation: ELR 20306
No(s). s. 79-2512 et al (D.C. Cir. Feb 3, 1981)

The court holds that the Endangered Species Scientific Authority's (ESSA's) 1978 guidelines governing bobcat exports violate the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora by authorizing unreliable findings that the export of bobcats would cause no detriment to t...