Hartl wrote a letter to the NOAA after Kick Kennedy’s story resurfaced this week, saying: “Mr. Kennedy’s obvious transport of the marine mammal cranium from Massachusetts to New York, and subsequently throughout state strains, additionally represented a felony violation of the Lacey Act, one of many earliest wildlife conservation legal guidelines enacted by the US in 1900.
“Usually, an unverified anecdote wouldn’t present enough proof as the idea for conducting an investigation. The bear story made it appear to be this was regular habits for him, so he can also possess extra illegally collected wildlife components.”