PROTECTION, STATUS AND RANKS Legal Protection and Status( Columbia Basin Pygmy rabbit)

Describe any legislation, regulations, customs or conditions that currently serve to protect the wildlife species. This could include:

? international protection such as:

? intentions for protection or listing under the US Endangered Species

Act;

? listing under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered

Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES);

? international agreements (e.g., agreement on Polar Bears) or

international conventions (e.g., the Migratory Birds Convention, the UN

Convention on the Law of the Sea) that protect the wildlife species;

? protection by federal laws;

? protection by provincial/territorial wildlife or endangered wildlife species

acts6.

If this is an updated status report and the wildlife species already receives protection under the federal Species at Risk Act (SARA), explain how the wildlife species is being protected (e.g., prohibitions created to protect the wildlife species from harm and its residence from being destroyed; whether or not critical habitat has been identified and is protected, etc.). If there is a Recovery Strategy, an Action Plan or Management Plan in place, briefly describe the key actions that have been implemented. If not, indicate the timelines for finalizing these recovery planning documents. If the wildlife species is receiving protection under provincial or territorial legislation, describe the prohibitions and recovery actions that have been implemented. Some helpful website addresses are available on the COSEWIC website under the heading Required Contacts for Information on Wildlife Species.