### Question
How is the "wildlife" defined?


### Answer
The term **wildlife** is defined in *16 U.S.C. § 669a* as follows -

> any species of wild, free-ranging fauna including fish, and also fauna in captive breeding programs the object of which is to reintroduce individuals of a depleted indigenous species into previously occupied range

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 669a*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 5B-WILDLIFE RESTORATION**

