{"topic_id":"exotic_pet_regulation_us_esa_threatened_prohibitions","category":"exotic-pet-regulations","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_pet_regulation_us_esa_threatened_prohibitions\ncategory: exotic-pet-regulations\ntitle: \"US ESA threatened wildlife prohibitions (50 CFR 17.31) — §17.21 endangered provisions apply to threatened species\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"e-CFR via Cornell LII — US ESA threatened wildlife prohibitions (50 CFR 17.31) — §17.21 endangered provisions apply to threatened species\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-regulation/us_esa_prohibitions_50cfr17_cornell.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-28\ntokens_estimated: 150\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"50 CFR 17.21 / 17.31 — Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR), verbatim via Cornell Legal Information Institute (LII) authoritative mirror\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"e-CFR (U.S. National Archives) via Cornell Legal Information Institute\"\n  title: \"US ESA threatened wildlife prohibitions (50 CFR 17.31) — §17.21 endangered provisions apply to threatened species\"\n  url: \"https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/50/17.21\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-28\"\n  ref: \"50 CFR 17.21 / 17.31\"\n  doc_type: \"U.S. federal regulation (authentic e-CFR text, Cornell LII mirror)\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# US ESA threatened wildlife prohibitions (50 CFR 17.31) — §17.21 endangered provisions apply to threatened species\n\nVerbatim first-hand facts extracted from 50 CFR 17.21 / 17.31 (ESA endangered/threatened wildlife prohibitions), retrieved from the Cornell Legal Information Institute authoritative e-CFR mirror via Tokyo relay and tag-stripped. All bullets are exact substrings of the cited source and C1-substring verified.\n\n## Verbatim regulatory facts (C1 substrings of source_file)\n> (a) Except as provided in §§ 17.4 through 17.8, or in a permit issued pursuant to § 17.32 , the provisions of paragraph (b) of this section and all of the provisions of § 17.21 (for endangered species of wildlife), except § 17.21(c)(3) and (5), apply to threatened species of wildlife, unless the Secretary has promulgated species-specific provisions (see paragraph (c) of this section).\n> (b) (1) Notwithstanding § 17.21(c)(1) , and unless otherwise specified, any employee or agent of the Service, any other Federal land management agency, the National Marine Fisheries Service, a State conservation agency , or a federally recognized Tribe, who is designated by their agency or Tribe for such purposes, may, when acting in the course of their official duties, take threatened wildlife without a permit if such action is necessary to: (i) Aid a sick, injured, or orphaned specimen ; or (ii) Dispose of a dead specimen ; or (iii) Salvage a dead specimen that may be useful for scientific study; or (iv) Remove specimens that constitute a demonstrable but nonimmediate threat to human safety , provided that the taking is done in a humane manner; the taking may involve killing or injuring only if it has not been reasonably possible to eliminate such threat by live-capturing and releasing the specimen unharmed, in an appropriate area.\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/exotic-regulation/us_esa_prohibitions_50cfr17_cornell.txt` (first-hand e-CFR regulation text via Cornell LII mirror, retrieved via relay and tag-stripped).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `(a) Except as provided in §§ 17.4 through 17.8, or in a permit issued pursuant to § 17.32 , the provisions of paragraph (b) of this section and all of the provisions of § 17.21 (for endangered species of wildlife), except § 17.21(c)(3) and (5), apply to threatened species of wildlife, unless the Secretary has promulgated species-specific provisions (see paragraph (c) of this section).`\n- `(b) (1) Notwithstanding § 17.21(c)(1) , and unless otherwise specified, any employee or agent of the Service, any other Federal land management agency, the National Marine Fisheries Service, a State conservation agency , or a federally recognized Tribe, who is designated by their agency or Tribe for such purposes, may, when acting in the course of their official duties, take threatened wildlife without a permit if such action is necessary to: (i) Aid a sick, injured, or orphaned specimen ; or (ii) Dispose of a dead specimen ; or (iii) Salvage a dead specimen that may be useful for scientific study; or (iv) Remove specimens that constitute a demonstrable but nonimmediate threat to human safety , provided that the taking is done in a humane manner; the taking may involve killing or injuring only if it has not been reasonably possible to eliminate such threat by live-capturing and releasing the specimen unharmed, in an appropriate area.`\n","sources":["exotic-pet-regulations — US ESA threatened wildlife prohibitions (50 CFR 17.31) — §17.21 endangered provisions apply to threatened species (retrieved 2026-07-28)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-regulations","title":"US ESA threatened wildlife prohibitions (50 CFR 17.31) — §17.21 endangered provisions apply to threatened species","url":"https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/50/17.21","retrieved":"2026-07-28","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"50 CFR 17.21 / 17.31 — Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR), verbatim via Cornell Legal Information Institute (LII) authoritative mirror","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-regulation/us_esa_prohibitions_50cfr17_cornell.txt"},"source_document":"50 CFR 17.21 / 17.31 — Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR), verbatim via Cornell Legal Information Institute (LII) authoritative mirror","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-regulation/us_esa_prohibitions_50cfr17_cornell.txt","tokens_estimated":150,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}