[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 230 (Thursday, November 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61570-61571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29208]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Receipt of Applications for Permit

    The following applicants have applied for a permit to conduct 
certain activities with endangered species. This notice is provided 
pursuant to Section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.):
    Applicant: Hornocker Wildife Research Institute, Moscow, ID, PRT-
808113
    The applicant has requested a permit to import blood and tissue 
samples from free-living Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), and 
Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) and salvaged tissue samples 
as available from carcasses of the same species for the purpose of 
enhancement of the species through scientific research.
    Applicant: Ellen Trout Zoo, Lufkin, TX, PRT-808918
    The applicant requests a permit to export a female captive-born 
jaguar (Panthera onca) to Belize Zoo, Belize City, Belize for the 
purpose of enhancement of the species through captive breeding and 
conservation education.
    Applicant: Ing. Loro Piana Company, New York, NY, PRT-808449
    The applicant request a permit to import and re-export products of 
vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) from Lanificio Ing. Loro Piana & Co. S.P.A., 
Italy for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the species 
through conservation education. The products imported and re-exported 
for this activity are for display purposes only and are not authorized 
to be sold, traded, bartered, or donated.
    Applicant: The Denver Zoological Gardens, Denver, CO, PRT-807412
    Type of Permit: Import for scientific research
    Name and Number of Animals: Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)
    Summary of Activity to be Authorized: The applicant has requested a 
permit to import up to 70 serum and/or milk samples surplus to the 
needs of Canadian scientific research projects and which have been 
freezer-banked in Canada for the purpose of scientific research.

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    Source of Marine Mammals for Research/Public Display: Canada as 
described above.
    Period of Activity: Up to five years from issuance of a permit, if 
issued.
    Applicant: Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, Tacoma, WA, PRT-808562
    Type of Permit: Public display
    Name and Number of Animals: Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), 1
    Summary of Activity to be Authorized: The applicant has requested a 
permit to maintain one female polar bear, recovered as a stranded/
orphaned animal in Alaska, for the purposes of public display.
    Source of Marine Mammals for Research/Public Display: Northern 
Alaska (stranded/orphaned animal approximately 10 months old)
    Period of Activity: indefinite
    Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, the Office of Management Authority is forwarding copies of 
this application to the Marine Mammal Commission and the Committee of 
Scientific Advisors for their review.
    Written data or comments should be submitted to the Director, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Management Authority, 4401 North 
Fairfax Drive, Room 420(c), Arlington, Virginia 22203 and must be 
received by the Director within 30 days of the date of this 
publication.
    Documents and other information submitted with these applications 
are available for review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy 
Act and Freedom of Information Act, by any party who submits a written 
request for a copy of such documents to the following office within 30 
days of the date of publication of this notice: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Office of Management Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 
420(c), Arlington, Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358-2104); FAX: (703/
358-2281).

    Dated: November 24, 1995.
Caroline Anderson,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 95-29208 Filed 11-29-95; 8:45 am]
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