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Index of Subjects <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org= /TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xht= ml"><head> <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3D"Content-Type= "/> =20 </head><body style=3D""> =20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">No worries Joanne! They are not about t= o throw you in jail!</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Exotic feathers are controlled by CITES= - www.cites.org<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">The book Bryant Freeman - All things Fi= shing by Doug Underhill<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">gives a good summary of CITES - many fe= athers are in the trade<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">for fly tyers and some like Jungle Cock= require permits at border crossings<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">but once in the country can be bought a= nd sold.<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Things like feathers from domestic chic= kens, ducks, turkeys and so on are<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">permit free and feathers from legally h= unted birds there is no problem.<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">But if you have a pet parrot and it mou= lts its feathers don't try to ship<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">the feathers out of the country!<br/></= span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">An interesting subject!<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy the rain<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Paul<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"> </span> </div>=20 <blockquote style=3D"position: relative; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: = 10px; border-left: solid 1px blue;" type=3D"cite"> On April 25, 2018 at 10:01 PM Joanne Cook <jocook.ns@gmail.com> = wrote: <br/> <br/>I also wonder how far this is taken. I have collected - as did my k= ids when they were little - feathers from gull carcasses, a seal jawbone, e= tc. Am I unwittingly a miscreant in the eyes of the law?=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div> Cheers, </div>=20 <div> Joanne <br/> <br/>=20 <div id=3D"AppleMailSignature"> ___________________=20 <div> Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and tas= te good with hot sauce.  </div>=20 </div>=20 <div> <br/>On Apr 25, 2018, at 8:30 PM, Randy Lauff < randy.lauff@gmail.com>= ; wrote: <br/> <br/> </div>=20 <blockquote type=3D"cite">=20 <div>=20 <div dir=3D"auto"> You're right, David. In fact, many people collect mortalities fo= r the StFX collection withou a permit, and the local DNR is aware of this. = It helps if the person emails me that they've picked up a critter and w= ill be bringing it to me. Similarly, people may find a road killed raptor, = pick it up and bring it to DNR to get a taxidermy permit. I have yet to hea= r of anyone getting charged at the front desk for not getting the permit fi= rst.  They also make allowances for good-hearted people bringing in in= jured wildlife to Helene, or other rehabbers.=20 <div dir=3D"auto">   </div>=20 <div dir=3D"auto"> Randy  </div>=20 </div>=20 <br/>=20 <div class=3D"gmail_quote">=20 <div dir=3D"ltr"> On Wed, Apr 25, 2018, 8:17 PM David, < dwebster@glinx.com> w= rote: </div>=20 <blockquote style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid= ; padding-left: 1ex;">=20 <div>=20 <div> Hi All, especially Randy and Lance, </div>=20 <div>     I don't doubt that your comments are correct bu= t it seems to me that laws based on Boolean logic may do more harm than goo= d in a world that is many shades of grey. </div>=20 <div>     When a bird, or other animal, dies it may be releva= nt to know why. And the why can be established only if the body is recovere= d. And the opportunity for recovery may be transient.  </div>=20 <div>     Consequently a regulation which say in effect that = someone who recovers a body is guilty until proven innocent is bad law and = poor wildlife management.  </div>=20 <div>     Surely such regulations need to be flexible and sur= ely enforcement is. Or is it ? </div>=20 <div>     I don't know the final outcome but some decades= ago an enterprising Newfoundlander was earning pin money by making trinket= s from Moose antlers, which were otherwise destined for the landfill, and c= harged with violating some sweeping regulation against sale of wildlife bod= y parts.   </div>=20 <div>      </div>=20 <div> Yt, DW, Kentville </div>=20 <div> ------ Original Message ------ </div>=20 <div> From: "Marg Millard" < <a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:mmillard@eastlink.ca">mmillar= d@eastlink.ca</a>> </div>=20 <div> To:=20 <a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">natu= rens@chebucto.ns.ca</a> </div>=20 <div> Sent: 4/25/2018 3:44:17 PM </div>=20 <div> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Question about bird bodies </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div id=3D"m_-2539537435681930145xe0b72635835c4a7">=20 <blockquote type=3D"cite">=20 <div dir=3D"ltr">=20 <div style=3D"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Calibri'; = color: #000000;"> thank you gentlemen. Good thing I didn=E2=80=99t rush right to= the shore and get it. I expect it has washed away now. Seems such a waste = of such a beautiful creature. Marg </div>=20 </div>=20 </blockquote>=20 </div>=20 </div>=20 </blockquote>=20 </div>=20 </div>=20 </blockquote>=20 </div>=20 </blockquote>=20 <div> <br/>  </div> =20 </body></html>
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