It seems a shame to waste them, I have heard it's illegal unless you are a native. i am really seeing a lot of hawks and owls lately, its kind of tragic, really.
2006-08-19 17:11:04 · 24 answers · asked by Big hands Big feet 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
no they are along the highway, they were hit by cars
2006-08-19 17:18:35 · update #1
Yes. Reason being, once you have the feathers you'll have no way of proving how you got them (you could be a poacher). I know you've no bad intentions but the law exists to keep poachers from harvesting protected wildlife.
2006-08-19 17:29:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you wanna pick the feathers off of a dead bird in the first place?? Gross.
And as far as I know, the only birds that are illegal to keep the feathers of, even if you find a single feather laying by itself, are bald eagle feathers.
2006-08-19 17:22:58 · answer #2 · answered by Angie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ya gotta be careful.
It is like the ban on elephant ivory.
If there is no legal reason to have it, then there is a high disadvantage for miscreants to kill living birds for their feathers. Now he cannot say, "well I found them on a dead bird".
2006-08-19 17:19:34 · answer #3 · answered by Ironhand 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could check with the local animal control folks in your town.
I can imagine that there may be a public health law related to this also, but don't know.
2006-08-19 17:16:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Picking up dead birds is GROSS.
And unless you're Native American, I don't think that your allowed to have any type of eagle feather. I don't know about hawks or owls.
Still, Picking up dead birds is really really GROSS!!!!!
Fleas, ticks, West Nile - EEEEEWWWWW!
2006-08-19 17:17:40 · answer #5 · answered by Firefly 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Its not illegal but you better hope they did not die from the bird flu or a dozen other things birds can tranmit to humans. Even bird lice.
2006-08-19 17:16:47 · answer #6 · answered by T 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have heard something something similar. I don't think though its against the law to defeather all dead birds..only certain ones(such as eagles).
2006-08-19 17:19:59 · answer #7 · answered by Robere 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's illegal to stop on the highway. It endangers the lives of the other motorist not to mention your own.
2006-08-19 17:17:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Um...did you post this to the wrong forum? I wouldn't mess with dead birds with West Nile going around!!
2006-08-19 17:15:46 · answer #9 · answered by redeye.treefrog 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
depends where you live?? Africa? Austraila? what???
birds often carry mites so that is a problem
most often Fish and Wildlife officers want to check any dead birds to see what killed them and if they are a species at risk..etc
2006-08-19 17:17:07 · answer #10 · answered by CF_ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋