Second Circuit: Friends of Animals v. Clay et al.

Administrative, environment

Statute's requirement of a specific permit for the taking of a member of a protected species is satisfied by specificity in the situation, not necessarily specificity in the species.

Employees of a multijurisdictional authority would be protected by the justification of necessity when taking animals outside the statute in order to prevent death or serious bodily harm.

Facepalm pun at peroration.

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