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Living Animal Species (Reporting and Registration) Rules, 2024
March 16 , 2024
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- The Living Animal Species (Reporting and Registration) Rules, 2024 are issued by the Union environment ministry.
- People with exotic pets such as macaws, cockatoos or a variety of soft-shell turtles will have to register them with the state wildlife department.
- The species covered by these are those listed under Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
- “’Animal species’ means any living specimens of any animal species listed in Schedule IV appended to the Act” which covers species under the Convention.”
- These rules do not apply to other wildlife that is already protected under the Wildlife Protection Act and cannot be kept in captivity.
- Section 49 M of the Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Act 2022 provides for the registration of possession, transfer, reporting of birth and death of living the scheduled animal species which are listed in the Appendices of CITES and listed in the Schedule IV of the Act.
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