o protect endangered species and preserve the habitats of these species but only "insofar as is practicable and consistent" with their primary purposes.
With the passage of the 1969 act, the federal program to conserve endangered species began to recognize the global nature of the problem. This act prohibited the importation of endangered species into the United States and extended the Lacey Act's ban on interstate commerce in unlawfully taken wildlife to include reptiles, amphibians, mollusks, and crustaceans. However, Yaffee argues that what began as an extremely prohibitive statement was modified by negotiations that provided an opportunity for the inclusion of non-preservation interests.
The insertion of non-preservation interests at this point only hinted at the problems that the act would suffer throughout the years. Fur industry representatives argued that the problem was international and unilateral action by the United States was inappropriate and would result in inequita
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