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The Lacey Act

The lacey Act was signed in 1900, it was amended several time in 1969,1981 and 1988 also the most resent amendment was in the year 2008. This act is a national piece of legislation and its authorized by the Secretary of the Interior. The act was needed to help threatened game species in the country due to commercial hunting. The new act made the transportation of animals that were captured illegal and it also stopped the animals been brought across state lines. Also the act helped stop the introduction of animals that were not native to the area to be put there. Before the act was made people hunted and fished as much as they wanted to. Also in order to make money they would sell the meet from the animals they hunted to other people. They would transport the animals from state to state and sell. Also non-native species were being introduced into environments that they were not native to. The act of using punt guns and market hunting caused the wildlife population to decrease because there was no law preventing it from happening. One way the Lacey Act has been successful is that it has put a stop to Market hunting and the uses of punt Guns on waterfowl. This type of hunting would cause a great decrease in the amount of waterfowl in the area that was being targeted. In order to protect the waterfowl the Lacey act made it illegal to hunt this way. The act protected the waterfowl from becoming and endangered or extinct species. Other methods of hunting or fishing have been stopped to help other animals survive and not decrease in numbers.







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