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Yes, in Arizona it is illegal to remove a cactus, living or dead, from the desert without a permit and a good reason.
No, it is illegal to remove any cactus, living or dead, from deserts in Arizona.
It is illegal to remove any plant, living or dead, from the deserts of Arizona. This would include any part of a saguaro cactus.
It is illegal to remove either living or dead saguaros from public lands.
Saguaro do not occur in a national forest. They can be found in the Saguaro National Park and surrounding areas. No, it is not legal to remove either a living or a dead saguaro from the park. It is also illegal to remove them from anywhere in Arizona.
It's dead
In the United States the saguaro grows naturally in Arizona. However, it is illegal to remove a saguaro from the desert without permission and only for a legitimate reason (eg: The cactus is falling into a roadway or home or needs to be removed for construction.) It is also illegal to remove even the dead wood from a saguaro cactus from the desert, The only alternative would be to purchase a saguaro from a nursery, let it die and decay for a few years and then remove the dead wood pieces. Considering the high cost of a live saguaro from a licensed nursery, this does not seem to be a viable option.
Cactus and dead animals.
A permit can't be issued, because it's illegal to collect, damage, or remove cactus plants from the Sonoran Desert National Monument in Arizona. It's illegal regardless of whether the plant is alive or dead. In fact, the law protects all of the cultural and natural resources within the Desert. That includes even rocks and dead things.
The relationship between the Flicker bird and the cactus is an example of symbiosis in the desert. The bird makes it's nest in the dead crevices of the cactus and does not harm it.
Of coures its a cactus because all the cactus's would be dead if they didn't live in the desert!!:)
bye a giant porcuipine farting on a wonderful tree and it turned dead then it shoots needles at your face and murders you finaly you are dead