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U.S. v. WINNIE

No. 96-1694.

97 F.3d 975 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gail R. WINNIE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 7, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cheryl B. Schacht, Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, Elinor Colbourn (argued), United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Steven C. Underwood, Annemarie G. Pace (argued), Neider & Boucher, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before RIPPLE, DIANE P. WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Gail Winnie of Harshaw, Wisconsin, was a member of a party that went on a monthlong hunting safari in Africa in 1981. During the safari a cheetah was shot and killed. The cheetah was imported into the United States and found its way into Winnie's home where its skin and skull were mounted and displayed on a basement wall. Eleven years later, in 1992, federal and state wildlife agents descended on Winnie and seized the mounted cheetah...

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