Contact numbers for permits: For non-protected wildlife, please call 850-488-4676. For Protected Wildlife, please call 850-921-5990

For regional contact information, we are in Region 4. This region includes Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennesse, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
Contact: Wanda Purdy
Budget and Finance
1875 Century Boulevard
Atlanta, GA 30345
E-mail: Wanda_Purdy@fws.gov

More permits may be needed through the Department of Agriculture, click on link below!
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Internationally, endangered wildlife is put into three appendices by the Governing Body of Trade of Wild Animals, CITES (please note, not every country is a signatory country. The US is though). Appendix I is the list of the most endangered, to the point of extinction. No trade permits are permited, unless it is for research, usually. Appendix II are those that may not be endangered to become extinct now, but needs to have regualation to insure that status. Appendix III is basically a request for a species to be put on the list from signatory countries. These are countries that are trying to protect a certain species, but needs the help of other signatory countries to prevent the species from being exploited. Not only does this site have the Articles of the Convention and the Appendices, but a database where you can plug in a scientific name to come up with the common name of the animal. There's one for the threatened animals and fauna listed in the Appendices, and one for non-threatened species. It's a really cool site.