Under the Endangered Species Act, you are in violation if you harass an endangered animal without otherwise causing it, or its habitat, physical harm.

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Section 9 of the act prohibits any person from transporting or trading in any endangered species of fish or wildlife (a separate section applies to plants) or from "taking any such species within the United States" or "upon the high seas." Taking a species is defined as "harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or attempt to engage in any such conduct."

Under the Endangered Species Act, You Are in Violation If