The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has announced a major revision to the regulations governing falconry.
The federal permit has been slated to be eliminated in favor of state, tribal or territorial falconry permits. All states, except Hawaii, already administer falconry permitting programs.
Dual state/federal permitting will no longer be necessary.
In addition, the U.S. FWS will now have an electronic reporting system for the acquisition, transfer or loss of falconry birds, to replace the current paper reporting system.
The final rule can be found at http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/ and a good Question and Answer piece (PDF) can be found here.
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Let me be the first to post that this is a good thing.
ReplyDeleteCan I be the second?? ;-P
ReplyDeleteSo, here's a question: Is falconry illegal in Hawaii?
ReplyDeleteI am assuming so. Snakes
and pet rats are also illegal in Hawaii; it's a different environment where non-natives can have a devastating impact.
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