Service Repeals Regulatory Exclusion for Captive-Bred African Antelope Species under the Endangered Species Act

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Service Repeals Regulatory Exclusion for Captive-Bred African Antelope Species under the Endangered Species Act
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today announced a final rule to eliminate a regulation that authorized certain otherwise prohibited activities under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) with U.S. captive-bred animals and sport-hunted trophies of three endangered African antelope species