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      "id": 314077,
      "date": "2006-04-10",
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      "title": "Enhancement-of-Survival Permits: Background and Status of Proposed Policy",
      "summary": "On August 18, 2003, the Fish and Wildlife Service released a proposed policy that provides\nguidance\non the issuance of  enhancement-of-survival  permits authorized by the Endangered\nSpecies Act. (1)  The aim of this policy is to broaden consideration of issuing\npermits for the harvesting and import of foreign endangered species, as an incentive to encourage\nconservation of the endangered species in the wild. This policy has generated controversy. Some\ncontend that the take of endangered species in foreign countries cannot be controlled and may lead\nto the reduction of many endangered species. Further, some contend that the proposed policy is\nvague in describing how funds generated from the harvesting of endangered species will be\ntransferred to conservation programs. The Fish and Wildlife Service and some supporters of the\npolicy contend that limited harvesting of endangered species will create an overall benefit to the\nspecies by funding conservation programs to help the species. Currently, the proposed policy is still\nbeing considered and no final policy has been issued. This report will be updated as events warrant.\n \n \n   \n \n 1.  U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife\nService, \"Draft Policy for Enhancement-of-Survival Permits for Foreign Species Listed\nUnder the Endangered Species Act,\"  Federal Register , vol. 68, no. 159 (Aug. 18, 2003),\np. 49512. (Hereafter cited as  Proposed Policy .)",
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