§ 5407 — Authority to seize threatened or endangered species

In addition to other methods of enforcement authorized by law, the Secretary may direct under this section that wildlife or wild plants that were seized because of violation of this chapter be rehabilitated, released, replanted, or transferred to a zoological, botanical, educational, or scientific institution, and that the costs of the transfer and staff time related to a violation may be charged to the violator. The Secretary, with the advice of the Endangered Species Committee, may adopt rules for the implementation of this section. (Added 1981, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2015, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 26.)