When Congress debated the Endangered Species Act of 1973, bill sponsors expressed concern about individuals who capture or kill animals “for pleasure or profit” and also recognized habitat destruction as a principal threat to protected species. With its core purpose to make it unlawful for any person to “take” a listed species anywhere in the […]
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