[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 5963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2837]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


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.):

PRT-838751

Applicant: Roy Bianchini, Harsens Island, MI.

    The applicant requests a permit to import the sport-hunted trophy 
of one male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus dorcas) culled from a captive 
herd maintained under the management program of the Republic of South 
Africa, for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the species.

PRT-838728

Applicant: International Animal Exchange, Ferndale, MI.

    The applicant requests a permit to engage in foreign commerce for 
the transfer of 1.1 lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus) from 
Assininboine Park Zoo, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to the Seoul Grand 
Park Zoo, Seoul, Korea for the purpose of enhancement of the 
propagation of the species.

PRT-838376

Applicant: Nashville Zoo, Joelton, TN.

    The applicant requests a permit to engage in foreign commerce and 
to export 3 male tigers (Panthera tigris) to Panyu Xiang Jiang Safari 
World Co., Inc., Panyu City, China for the purpose of enhancement of 
the survival of the species through conservation education.

PRT-837753

Applicant: Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Park, Colorado Springs, CO.

    The applicant requests a permit to export a female Western Lowland 
Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) to the Metropolitan Toronto Zoo, Scarborough, 
Ontario, Canada, for the purpose of enhancement through exhibition and 
breeding.

PRT-837850

Applicant: Woodland Park Zoological Gardens, Seattle, WA.

    The applicant requests a permit to import a male Sumatran Tiger 
(Panthera tigris sumatrae) from the Metropolitan Toronto Zoo, 
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, for the purpose of enhancement through 
exhibition and breeding, as recommended by the Sumatran Tiger Species 
Survival Plan.

PRT-835113

Applicant: Avicultural Breeding and Research Center, Loxahatchee, 
FL.

    The applicant requests a permit to export 6 thick-billed parrots 
(Rhynchopsitta pachyrhycha) captive-hatched at their facility to 
Susanne Iten-Discher, Unterageri, Switzerland, to enhance the survival 
of the species through captive propagation.
    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 700, 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 
700, Arlington, Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358-2104); FAX: (703/358-
2281).

    Dated: January 30, 1998.
Karen Anderson,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 98-2837 Filed 2-4-98; 8:45 am]
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