Tweets,

I received this note from Cornell Ornith Labs regarding the Passenger
Pigeon that was/is for sale on Ebay.


Scott R a y
Yakima

On 10/24/05, Cornell Birds <cornellbirds at cornell.edu> wrote:
> Dear Scott,
> ... I was quite sure we weren't
> interested since I know we have a variety of Passenger Pigeon skins at our
> Cornell Museum of Vertebrates but I wanted to make sure of the legality of
> this sale. I talked with our Curator who pointed out that Passenger Pigeons
> went extinct before the Migratory Bird Treaty came into effect so having and
> selling mounted Passenger Pigeons is legal. Recently, however, someone
> tried to sell an Ivory-billed Woodpecker specimen and that isn't at all
> legal. The person was arrested by officials of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife
> Service.
>
> Anne Hobbs
> Public Information Specialist
> Cornell Lab of Ornithology
> http://www.birds.cornell.edu
>
> Your membership dollars support our Lab programs including our initiatives
> in
> protecting the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Won't you consider supporting the
> Lab
> with your membership? You can sign up on line or by phone at
> 1-800-843-2473.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I thought this might be something that your department might be
> interested in acquiring. I wish I could afford it!
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Extinct-Passenger-Pigeon-ECTOPISTES-MIGRATORIUS_W0QQitemZ7191110555QQcategoryZ71123QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>
>
> --
> Scott R a y
> Yakima, WA
> mryakima at gmail dot com


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Scott R a y
Yakima, WA
mryakima at gmail dot com