![]() ![]() Felonies may be charged in the case that the violation was made with knowingly. Here, ignorance of the law may, in fact, mitigate the severity of the penalty from the Lacey Act somewhat.įelony Lacey Act violations may incur prison terms of up to 5 years in prison and $25,000.00 dollars per violation. Although 5 years in prison and a 25,000.00 fine are rather light as far as punishments for federal felonies, Lacey Act violations may be charged independently for each time that unlawfully harvested wildlife crosses a state boundary. ![]() The following case illustrates how severely Lacey Act penalties can fly out of control.ĭanny, a hunter licensed in New York, goes out for early bear season in early September. He hunts on the border of New York and New Jersey. Danny is always mindful of the border, however, since the state boundary is not exactly marked Danny relies on flags he hung himself based on what he believes the border to be. After many hours sitting silently in the tree stand a bear walks directly into Danny’s path and he fires his rifle. He strikes the bear, but, it takes off and runs through the bushes.Īfter waiting a safe time Danny tracks the bear’s blood trail.
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