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Shutting Your Trap

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What you did was illegal,” he said. The states which have essentially banned leghold traps are Florida, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, California, and Washington. The trap had been set in the woods right next to my house. I’d released birds there. I knew the wildlife. Where is the trap now?”

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Proposed Changes to Migratory Bird Treaty Act

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Although there has been a split in the courts , “incidental take” has generally been considered within the scope of the MBTA, so harming or killing migratory birds has been illegal regardless of intent. This is known as “strict liability.” of the EIS) to avoid harming birds. The image at the top (via Wikipedia ) is a U.S.

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Proposed Changes to Migratory Bird Treaty Act – Part II

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Although there has been a split in the courts , “incidental take” has generally been considered within the scope of the MBTA, so harming or killing migratory birds has been illegal regardless of intent. This is known as “strict liability.”. The Trump Administration appealed that ruling to the U.S.

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A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate

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A number of state laws, with limited and problematic effect, and two major federal laws preceded the MBTA: (1) the Lacey Act of 1900, which made it illegal to transport or sell a bird in one state when illegally hunted in another state, and (2) the Weeks-McLean Act of 1913, which prohibited the spring hunting and marketing of migratory bird and the (..)