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On 4/26/2018 8:04 AM, John Kearney wrote:
> It might be helpful to distinguish between what is legal and what is a
> good practice. Bird carcasses and feathers can carry parasites,
> diseases, and invasive species.
* Bird carcasses also carry DNA, stomach contents, information about
bodily condition, and morphology, and were the traditional currency of
ornithology, so - especially with the cessation of routine collecting -
good practice is to get as many of them into museum collections as
possible.
fred.
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> A good example is the Hemlock Woolly
> Adelgid which attaches to birds in the dispersal stage of its life
> cycle. These insects are very difficult to see, and one might
> unwittingly transport an infected feather to a non-infected hemlock
> stand. You aren’t likely be charged with an offence for having a bird
> carcass, but is it a good practice to be handling these carcasses
> without proper control measures (disinfectant, plastic bags, rubber gloves)?
>
> John
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