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Can Nature Take Care of Itself?

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In a recent case involving my own facility, an immature bald eagle was hit by a car. People passed the eagle often. Lead remains in both fishing and hunting products, with strong lobbies that insist lead poisoning is not real, even as our facilities fill regularly with birds afflicted with it.

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How To Help A Baby Bird

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It’s illegal to raise wild birds (even orphaned ones) without state and federal permits. Young raptors like the above Bald Eagle chick are a different matter. If you find a young hawk or eagle out of the nest and it is covered in down and is unable to stand on its huge feet, it needs to get back in the nest.

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Bird Litigation: Eagle Tails and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act

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Shane asked whether the agents were “looking for tails,” and the female agent said she needed an eagle feather fan for her dress. He likes to hunt.” Shane said that Crooked Arm caught hawks and eagles by baiting them with deer and elk carcasses. Shane told her that Crooked Arm “has got some made, beaded and everything.

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