Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!dartvax!eleazar.dartmouth.edu!dragon
From: dragon@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Sam Conway)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Sale of Migratory Birds
Message-ID: <23720@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>
Date: 16 Aug 90 20:40:36 GMT
References: <1990Aug13.143525.17977@cbnewsd.att.com>
Sender: news@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Lines: 23

In article <1990Aug13.143525.17977@cbnewsd.att.com> jlevy@cbnewsd.att.com (janet.levy) writes:
>There was even an ad listing "whoopers, Trumpeter swans,
>andeans,...".  How can these people be selling these birds?

Trumpeter swans are endangered.  They sure as hell better NOT
be selling them.

Waterfowl can be bought and sold PROVIDED both the buyer AND the
seller possess a permit allowing them to own the bird.  It would
probably be a very good idea for the state Wildlife Authority (or
DNR, or Fish&Game, or whatever they are called in your state) to
know about this, so that they can make sure everything is on the
up-and-up.

"andeans"?  Andean what?  CONDORS?  If they're selling THEM, the
lot of them are going to jail for a long time.


-- 
Sam Conway                             * What shape do you usually have?
dragon@eleazar.dartmouth.edu           * Mickey Mouse shape?  Smarties
Chemistry Dept., Dartmouth College, NH * shape?  Amphibious landing craft
Vermont Raptor Center (VINS)           * shape?  Poke in the eye shape?