Tom,

> the way it was stated in your post implied it was possible
> to trap adult birds. That's what I responded to.
> The WA State falconry exam has a question on it with that
> option indicated as a possible answer..if you select it
> you get it wrong.

I must admit it was unclear the way I wrote it.

>>This
>> "clause" is supposed to only refer to raptors which have been reported
as
>> lost, but there is room for interpretation by unscrupulous persons.
They
>> are currently in the process of rewriting the federal regs. Also like
I
>> said before, some people just ignore the laws.

> this seems far-fetched to me. Why would a falconer want
> to trap an adult bird..and if it has no band, who would
> buy it?

Whoa, did I not say in my first post that most people won't trap adults?
When did I ever mention trapping adults for sale?

> > this seems contradictory..i.e, falconers cannot keep a bird
> > without a seamless band, so who would buy an illegal bird?
> > no falconer who wanted to keep his license would do such
> > a thing.

> re-read my statement..that's what I said. No falconer
> would buy an illegal bird..(i.e., one without a band)

Okay, I am going to give this one more shot. If no falconer would buy a
bird without a band (which we must not assume anyway), then I guess
that is the whole point of the law saying that captive bred birds must
have this special band. It is intended to discourage people from selling
or buying illegal birds because it would be obvious if the birds were not
actually captive bred. How is this contradictory?


Michael Dossett
Shoreline, Washington
mpdossett at Juno.com

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