Christie to approve big five trophy import ban for New Jersey

I don't see how they can enforce that when Federal law allows a US citizen to bring them in..

Actually, there is a precedence of sorts. CA has special protections in place for Mt Lion and that includes a ban on the importation of Mt Lion trophies taken legally in other states. That means a hunter in CA can go to someplace like CO or UT and legally take a cat on license but cannot cross into CA with the trophy even after it has been mounted. A couple of years ago the director of the CA Game Dept was fired because he went on a successful Mt Lion hunt in another state, which I believe was either ID or OR.

So Christie may be able to pull this off. Ever been to Jersey? I spent an afternoon there once and it felt like it was 6 years. I'll never set foot in that cesspool again.

He lost his job over popular opinion.

To my knowledge state of Cali has yet to act on the law. SCI was very vocal on this basically saying they would pay the defense fee. Infact Think Cali made some changes to the law.

Would be interesting to see if they have every enforced it

But he was fired wasn't he? And the reason for it was the special classification of an animal that is not endangered, has never been endangered and is on open license in most western states. If CA can do that then NJ can do what this thread is talking about. Like I said, precedence.

Question isn't what is or isn't passed its wither it will with stand litigation.

Well, it is California, where you can violate federal law buying pot, or win a humanitarian award by harboring illegals. Hate to see Cali as the "bar" for the rest of mentally stable America (for the most part)

Been to NJ and NY a bunch.

Has there been a case where CA has came an confiscated someone's legally killed cat mount?

The passage of the California Wildlife Protection Act of 1990 (Proposition 117) by California voters established that mountain lions are a specially protected mammal in California, and that it is unlawful to possess, transport, import or sell any mountain lion or part or product thereof (including taxidermy mounts). An exception to this law exists for possessing or selling taxidermied mountain lions or mountain lion parts:

No person may sell or possess any mountain lion, part or product thereof, unless he is in possession of a valid, nontransferable permit issued by the department. A permit shall be issued by the department only to:

any person who can demonstrate that the mountain lion, part or product thereof, was in his possession on or before June 6, 1990; or

a nonprofit museum or government-owned facility generally open to the public, or an educational institution, for display, exhibition, or storage, for a bona fide scientific or educational purpose as determined by the department. Permits shall be made available to department employees for inspection upon request and may be revoked by the department for failure to comply with the terms of the permit, this section, or Section 4800 of the Fish and Game Code. Any person issued a permit or a tag from the department for a mountain lion, or part or product thereof, prior to January 1, 2014, shall not be required to obtain a new permit, provided he maintains and makes available his existing permit or tag upon request of a department employee.

Like I said has there been a prosecution for it?