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Someone should also arrest him, because he broke the law. I hope you got = his name and remember what county he was in. It is illegal to shoot any = bird covered under the migratory bird law. That is a federal offense, and = he should be prosecuted. =20 =20 Chris Fagyal Senior Software Engineer United Defense, L.P. ASD Fridley, MN=20 (763) 572-5320 [email protected] >>> Val/Roger <[email protected]> 02/23/2005 07:46:39 AM >>> Hello, Dave: I can't help with the answers to your questions about the legalities = relating to the transport of a protected species, etc. I think the entire listserv would appreciate hearing what you learn on = this topic. But I'm very concerned about the sheriff (deputy?) who shot the apparently = injured owl on the side of the road: this would be a real opportunity for = the MOU to provide vital education that could save raptors' lives. I'm not = clear about what county this occurred in, but can someone from the MOU or = the Raptor Center contact the sheriff and provide some insight about this = rare species and how an injured owl should be helped, not shot?? MOU = members already have indicated their willingness to travel to retrieve = injured owls and would do so in this county, too, I am sure--I'd sign up, = as well.=20 Thanks, Dave, Val Cunningham St. Paul, Minn.=20 on 2/22/05 9:52 PM, David A. Cahlander at [email protected] wrote: My sister told me that she has a dead Boreal Owl in her wood pile in Grand = Marais. In the past, I would transport the owl to the UofM and give it to = them. However, I understand that only someone with a collector's permit = is allowed to pick up or transport a bird. Do I misunderstand the law, or is there a catch 22 involved? Should the = owl be reported to someone and they will travel to Grand Marais to pick it = up? Who is that? This same question applies to an injured owl. Marj and I turned around = and stopped when she saw a Great Gray Owl on the side of the road. Before = we could turn around and get to the bird, a sheriff made a U-turn, got out = and shot the owl. Needless to say I was disappointed. I suggested to him = that I would take the owl to the UofM, but I told him that I had no = collector's permit and was therefore not allowed to do that. As near as I = can tell, he was not allowed to either shot the owl (he did not have a = permit) and was not allowed to pick the owl up. It's very confusing. Can someone provide some light? Thanks. --- David Cahlander [email protected] Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 --=_123141AE.43225581 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1"= > <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1480" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"MARGIN-TOP: 2px; FONT: 8pt Tahoma; MARGIN-LEFT: 2px"> <DIV>Someone should also arrest him, because he broke the law. I = hope you=20 got his name and remember what county he was in. It is illegal to = shoot=20 any bird covered under the migratory bird law. That is a federal = offense,=20 and he should be prosecuted.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Chris Fagyal<BR>Senior Software Engineer<BR>United Defense, L.P.=20 ASD<BR>Fridley, MN <BR>(763) 572-5320<BR><A=20 href=3D"mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</A><BR><BR>>= >>=20 Val/Roger <[email protected]> 02/23/2005 07:46:39 AM=20 >>><BR>Hello, Dave:<BR>I can't help with the answers to your = questions=20 about the legalities relating to the transport of a protected species, = etc.<BR>I=20 think the entire listserv would appreciate hearing what you learn on = this=20 topic.<BR><BR>But I'm very concerned about the sheriff (deputy?) who shot = the=20 apparently injured owl on the side of the road: this would be a real = opportunity=20 for the MOU to provide vital education that could save raptors' lives. I'm = not=20 clear about what county this occurred in, but can someone from the MOU or = the=20 Raptor Center contact the sheriff and provide some insight about this = rare=20 species and how an injured owl should be helped, not shot?? MOU members = already=20 have indicated their willingness to travel to retrieve injured owls and = would do=20 so in this county, too, I am sure--I'd sign up, as well. <BR><BR>Thanks,=20= Dave,<BR>Val Cunningham<BR>St. Paul, Minn. <BR><BR>on 2/22/05 9:52 PM, = David A.=20 Cahlander at [email protected] wrote:<BR><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS">My sister told me = that she=20 has a dead Boreal Owl in her wood pile in Grand Marais. In the = past, I=20 would transport the owl to the UofM and give it to them. However, = I=20 understand that only someone with a collector's permit is allowed = to=20 pick up or transport a bird.<BR></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT size=3D2><FONT=20= face=3D"Comic Sans MS">Do I misunderstand the law, or is there a catch = 22=20 involved? Should the owl be reported to someone and they will = travel to=20 Grand Marais to pick it up? Who is that?<BR></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT= =20 size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS">This same question applies to an = injured=20 owl. Marj and I turned around and stopped when she saw a Great = Gray Owl=20 on the side of the road. Before we could turn around and get to = the=20 bird, a sheriff made a U-turn, got out and shot the owl. Needless = to say=20 I was disappointed. I suggested to him that I would take the owl = to the=20 UofM, but I told him that I had no collector's permit and was therefore = not=20 allowed to do that. As near as I can tell, he was not allowed to = either=20 shot the owl (he did not have a permit) and was not allowed to pick the = owl=20 up.<BR></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans = MS">It's very=20 confusing. Can someone provide some light?<BR></FONT></FONT><BR><FO= NT=20 size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS">Thanks.<BR>---<BR>David = Cahlander=20 [email protected] Burnsville, MN=20 952-894-5910<BR></FONT></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BODY></HTML> --=_123141AE.43225581--
