PHOENIX HERPETOLOGICAL v. U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE

No. 20-5161.

998 F.3d 999 (2021)

PHOENIX HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY, INC., Appellant v. UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 4, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick Coles III , Plainfield, NJ, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Benjamin Richmond , Attorney, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Jonathan D. Brightbill , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Eric Grant , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and Andrew Mergen and Rachel Heron , Attorneys. Rebecca Jaffee , Attorney, entered an appearance.

Before: Rogers and Katsas, Circuit Judges, and Silberman, Senior Circuit Judge.


The Fish and Wildlife Service denied two permit applications from the Phoenix Herpetological Society. The Service first blocked the export of four blue iguanas, an endangered species, to a Danish zoo. It then declined to renew the captive-bred wildlife registration for the Society's entire collection of blue iguanas...

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