CITES in Relation to Cats

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CITES in relation to cats — Contents
- Cat listed in Appendix I – most endangered
- Appendix I – Restrictions & controls on trade
- The Parties to the Convention
July 2012: Wild Cats are generally listed in Appendix II except for those listed below. The complication is that some of the cats listed in Appendix I have qualifications attached to them, meaning that the classification only applies to a cat of the species that lives at a certain location.
The wild cats protected? by CITES Below is the list from Appendix I – see below for the meaning.
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Catopuma temminckii – The Asian Golden Cat | ||
Felis nigripes – The black-footed cat | ||
Leopardus geoffroyi – Geoffroy’s Cat | ||
Leopardus jacobitus – The Andean Mountain Cat | ||
Leopardus pardalis – The Ocelot | ||
Leopardus tigrinus – The Oncilla | ||
Leopardus wiedii – The Margay | ||
Lynx pardinus – The Iberian Lynx | ||
Neofelis nebulosa – The Clouded Leopard | ||
Panthera leo persica – The Asiatic Lion | ||
Panthera onca – The Jaguar | ||
Panthera pardus – The leopard | ||
Panthera pardus orientalis – Amur Leopard | ||
Panthera tigris – The Tiger | ||
Pardofelis marmorata – The Marbled Cat | ||
Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis– The Leopard Cat (Only the populations of Bangladesh, India and Thailand; all other populations are included in Appendix II) | ||
Prionailurus planiceps – The Flat-headed Cat | ||
Prionailurus rubiginosus – The Rusty-spotted Cat (Only the population of India; all other populations are included in Appendix II) | ||
Puma concolor coryi – Florida Panther | ||
Puma concolor costaricensis – The Costa Rica Cougar | ||
Puma concolor couguar – The Cougar | ||
Puma yagouaroundi – Jaguarundi – (Only the populations of Central and North America; all other populations are included in Appendix II) | ||
Uncia Uncia or Panthera Uncia – Snow Leopard |
Appendix I most endangered – CITES in relation to cats
As stated, this is a list from Appendix I of CITES. What does that mean? Appendix I lists the species that are the most endangered amongst the CITES listed animals and plants. All the wildcat species that are listed by CITES are most endangered except, as mentioned, in the table above (see Rusted Spotted Cat, Leopard Cat and Caracal, which are appendix II listed when these cats inhabit certain areas as mentioned in the table above). Appendix II lists species that are not “necessarily now threatened with extinction” but careful control of trade is required to prevent the species being listed in appendix I.
The cats listed above are threatened with extinction. Under CITES in relation to cats, international trade is prohibited with respect to the above listed wildcats.
There is an exception. Import/export is permitted when the purpose is non-commercial. This would seem to leave the door very firmly open, unfortunately. If import/export is to take place under this exception an import and export permit must be granted (not sure how good that is).
Article III of CITES sets out the trade regulations is relation to the above wild cats. In brief, the import, export or re-import of any of the above cats can only take place provided a permit has been granted after
- a “Scientific Authority” of the State concerned (country concerned) has advised that the import/export/re-import is not detrimental to the cat’s survival
- a “Management Authority” of the country concerned is satisfied that the wild cat was not obtained in contravention of the laws of the country concerned and that a living wild cat is shipped in way that minimizes risk of injury, damage to health or cruel treatment and further that the import/export/re-import permit has been obtained.
{note: this is not a verbatim recital, it is a summary. Please see full text if action is to be taken}
The Parties to the Convention – CITES in relation to cats
State |
Afghanistan |
Albania |
Algeria |
Antigua and Barbuda |
Argentina |
Australia |
Austria |
Azerbaijan |
Bahamas |
Bangladesh |
Barbados |
Belarus |
Belgium |
Belize |
Benin |
Bhutan |
Bolivia |
Botswana |
Brazil |
Brunei Darussalam |
Bulgaria |
Burkina Faso |
Burundi |
Cambodia |
Cameroon |
Canada |
Cape Verde |
Central African Republic |
Chad |
Chile |
China |
Colombia |
Comoros |
Congo |
Costa Rica |
Côte d’Ivoire |
Croatia |
Cuba |
Cyprus |
Czech Republic |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Denmark |
Djibouti |
Dominica |
Dominican Republic |
Ecuador |
Egypt |
El Salvador |
Equatorial Guinea |
Eritrea |
Estonia |
Ethiopia |
Fiji |
Finland |
France |
Gabon |
Gambia |
Georgia |
Germany |
Ghana |
Greece |
Grenada |
Guatemala |
Guinea |
Guinea-Bissau |
Guyana |
Honduras |
Hungary |
Iceland |
India |
Indonesia |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
Ireland |
Israel |
Italy |
Jamaica |
Japan |
Jordan |
Kazakhstan |
Kenya |
Kuwait |
Kyrgyzstan |
Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
Latvia |
Lesotho |
Liberia |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
Liechtenstein |
Lithuania |
Luxembourg |
Madagascar |
Malawi |
Malaysia |
Mali |
Malta |
Mauritania |
Mauritius |
Mexico |
Moldova |
Monaco |
Mongolia |
Montenegro |
Morocco |
Mozambique |
Myanmar |
Namibia |
Nepal |
Netherlands |
New Zealand |
Nicaragua |
Niger |
Nigeria |
Norway |
Oman |
Pakistan |
Palau |
Panama |
Papua New Guinea |
Paraguay |
Peru |
Philippines |
Poland |
Portugal |
Qatar |
Republic of Korea |
Romania |
Russian Federation |
Rwanda |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Saint Lucia |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Samoa |
San Marino |
Sao Tome and Principe |
Saudi Arabia |
Senegal |
Serbia |
Seychelles |
Sierra Leone |
Singapore |
Slovakia |
Slovenia |
Solomon Islands |
Somalia |
South Africa |
Spain |
Sri Lanka |
Sudan |
Suriname |
Swaziland |
Sweden |
Switzerland |
Syrian Arab Republic |
Thailand |
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
Togo |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Tunisia |
Turkey |
Uganda |
Ukraine |
United Arab Emirates |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
United Republic of Tanzania |
United States of America |
Uruguay |
Uzbekistan |
Vanuatu |
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
Viet Nam |
Yemen |
Zambia |
Zimbabwe |
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