Yeah....the USDA.........not exactly the knight in shining armor everyone thinks they are. When it comes to agribusiness, they are only interested in promoting the government's agenda which, nowadays, has become the agenda of whatever lobbyist is spending the most money. Not that I drank any kool-aid, nor am I offering any kool-aid but, read Michail Polan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma." You'll get some interesting insight to the USDA and the word "organic."
And, as far as CITES and all of that....what do you think happens to the vast majority of animals that are illegally smuggled or otherwise brought into this country? They're not sent back to where they came from, I'll tell you that. Most of them are euthanized or left in holding until the vast chain of paperwork necessary for the government to function is properly filled out...during which time they probably die.
And, many times, animals that are legally brought into the country suffer the same fate as the smuggled ones due to the intricasies of government oversight. It's really a shame.
There does need to be better protection and regulation of endangered species, etc. However, our government is so dysfunctial that they are not capable of doing it in an efficient manner that benefits the organisms involved. They seem to go out of the way to get in their own way. That's what's very sad.