(April 13, 2019 at 1:43 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Legal Status. All hawks and owls are federally protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 USC, 703-711). These laws strictly prohibit the capture, killing, or possession of hawks or owls without special permit.
Controlling bird damage from hawks and owls
icwdm.org/Handbook/birds/HawksOwls.asp
In the UK at the time (don't know how it is now) barn owls were pests. People used to shoot them, trap them, poison them...whatever. It was simply my good fortune that someone had the foresight to stuff a couple.
Boru
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