Taxidermy → 🇨🇦 Canada

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Taxidermied specimens of CITES-listed species require both export permits from the source country and import permits from the destination country. CITES Appendix I species (tigers, leopards, bears, etc.) are commercially prohibited. Appendix II species (lions, hippos, many raptors) require permits. Enforcement in Canada carries fines from CAD 500 to CAD 5,000 under Customs Act R.S.C. 1985 c.1 s.12, s.153 (ordinary personal cases are handled as civil infringements). Leaving Canada with taxidermy is a separate question — restricted: Taxidermy export from Canada depends on the species — CITES-listed specimens need export permits; common non-protected species need provenance paperwork.

Leaving Canada with taxidermy

Taxidermy of CITES-listed species (big cats, bears, raptors, marine turtles, and hundreds of others) requires a CITES export permit from Canada's management authority before cross-border movement, plus a destination import permit for Appendix I specimens. Non-listed common species (many deer, boar, common fish) move on provenance paperwork alone, but several destinations also apply biosecurity treatment-certificate requirements to any animal product (Australia and New Zealand require treatment certification). Hunting-trophy exports additionally follow the origin country's game-export tagging rules.

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