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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. And, some background on those laws, both in the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Bird Litigation: Eagle Tails and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act

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He likes to hunt.” The appellate case turned on a narrow issue of law that is not particularly relevant for these purposes. But for the curious, the question was whether one of counts, which charged unlawful trafficking in migratory bird parts, constituted a felony or a misdemeanor.

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