Question

legal regulations & protections - govern the actions of humans to protect wildlife from

• most legislation aims to protect particularly vulnerable populations, such as endangered or threatened species or to sustain abundance of healthy populations
• include:
• lacey act of 1900
• prohibits importing, exporting, selling, acquiring or
• fish or plants which have been obtained in violation of any united states, native american or

foreign law

Explanation:

1. The first blank describes the harm wildlife protection laws guard against; unregulated harm and exploitation that endangers populations is the core focus.
2. The Lacey Act of 1900 prohibits the trafficking of wildlife (and related organisms) that were illegally obtained, so the missing term covers the act of possessing these restricted items.

Answer:

1. First blank: exploitation, harm, or illegal trade
2. Second blank: possessing