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Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA)

A foundational U.S. law designed to protect animal and plant species that are at risk of extinction and to conserve the ecosystems they depend on.

Threatened Species

An animal or plant species that is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.

Endangered Species

An animal or plant species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.

Take (wildlife)

Under the ESA, this term broadly means to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct.

Importation

Bringing goods or items, in this case, animal trophies, into the United States from another country.

Trophy

A whole dead animal or a recognizable part or product of an animal that was obtained through hunting, usually under a license or other official permission.