Since the Lacey Act says "knowingly or unknowingly" cause animals to be illegally taken from the wild, then those animals would be illegal no matter how many generations removed from the wild or if the person knew they were illegal or not. legally, the person could be tried for a crime, but practically I can't say this has ever happened in a case like this unless the person obstructed "justice." Me? I sure as heck would be telling people I had them or trying to market them. I'd say "Poop! What do I do now?" and find the easiest way out of the mess.......lol.

On the markers, they aren't looking for markers that say "Colorado" - they are looking for evidence of relationship to that specific animal that started the leucistic line. This is like testing to see if your great-great-grweat grandparents were really your grandparents. THAT is easier than saying it is ior is not "from Colorado." They have that DNA, so they can check as many sections as they have funds for (almost limitless if they REALLY want to prove something) meaning you'd have to outcrossing MANY more generations that have been possible to date before they couldn't "prove" it was related to that founder.

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