KRS 150.183: Importing, transporting or possessing endangered species of wildlife.

(1) No person shall import, transport, possess for resale or sell any endangered species

of wildlife, the hides, skins, or other parts thereof, or any article made in whole or in

part from the skin, hide, or other parts of any species of wildlife designated as an

endangered species by regulation promulgated by the Department of Fish and

Wildlife Resources except as provided in subsection (3) of this section. As used in

this section, the term "endangered species" means any species of wildlife seriously

threatened with worldwide extinction or in danger of being extirpated from the

Commonwealth of Kentucky.

(2) The regulation or regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection (1) of this section

shall include, but not be limited to, all species of wildlife designate d as endangered

species by the United States Secretary of the Interior on January 1, 1973.

(3) The Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources may permit, under such terms and

conditions as it may prescribe, the importation, transportation, possession, or sale of

any species of wildlife otherwise prohibited pursuant to this section for zoological,

educational, or scientific purposes, and for the propagation of such wildlife in

captivity for preservation purposes except as otherwise prohibited by law.