"Larry Medina" wrote in message
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For example, I have heard that you can have certain banned items, such
as Ivory and eagle feathers, in the US if you prove you obtained them
legally in other countries, and do not sell them.


After some research, I find that I might be very, very, very wrong in
what I
wrote above. Anyone got any input?

Yes, you are right... you WERE wrong. =)

Many items protected under the CITES Treaty are legal to obtain and own
in one country, but not in others, and the US is one of those others for
the fur and feathers of most protected and endangered animals,
irrespective of how you have come to be in possession of it. That said,
there *ARE* exceptions as well...

The recommendation is "the less said, the better" and rather than
clearly identifying many of the materials, leave them unlabeled and
plead ignorance. In an election year, there's more than enough
ignorance to go around, so you might get away with it.

Larry

I was going to say, last I heard, you absolutely can not bring a leopard
hide, for example, into the US. Makes no difeerence if it was legally
obtained or not.

jh