Deb It's always risky to jump in when I haven't read many of the previous posts on this subject.
However the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 and ammendments to it cover all kinds of birds, probably penguins as well. There are some birds that are exempted such as the starling, rock dove and a couple others. BTW I was told by a NYS wildlife biologist that in NY state I could use "found" feathers of legal non-migratory game and birds for fly tying as long as there was no sale (or gifting) of the flies. Ed -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Deborah Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 22:55:08 -0500 Subject: RE: [VFB] birdy love > Don > I couldn't find anyone who could tell me where it was written > either. It was too obscure when I looked it up in Cites. I even > tried looking it up in Marine Mammals protection .... I called the > New England Aquarium which has several species of penguins and they > told me all the species they had at the aquarium were "protected". > Which is the reference I kept finding on the internet but I can't > find the law that protects them. Several websites I pulled up on > Penguins and their research in other countries listed them as > protected. Australia being one of them. State game departments > rarely know the answer to that question. The aquarium employees > were very polite and asked the senior management at the aquarium but > unfortunately also couldn't tell me where I could find the law. I > checked with two different branches of the Aquarium (they have one > here in Rhode Island). I got the same answer from both. Customs > should know but they are difficult at best to get an answer from > also. Seagulls are protected .... Why I have NO idea!!! I think > if they're dumb enough to fly in front of a car they should be fair > game. When one chokes on a French fry here in the McDonalds parking > lot don't ya think we should be allowed to use it for tying?? > Unfortunately the law doesn't agree with me. You can ask John McLain > if he knows this weekend. He deals with a lot of rare tying > materials. You will meet him at Somerset. See you soon! Deb ------- End of Original Message -------
