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BIRDS OF PREY..ILLEGAL TO SELL IN THE AMERICAS

by: randyfromalberta( 342Feedback score is 100 to 499) Top 1000 Reviewer
10 out of 14 people found this guide helpful.
Guide viewed: 1925 times Tags: BIRDS OF PREY | TAXIDERMY | RAPTOR | BUZZARD | OWLS


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BEWARE OF ANYONE SELLING  OWLS, RAPTORS AND ANY OTHER BIRDS OF PREY!!!!!

YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY BOTHERS ME? PEOPLE WHO THINK THE RULES CAN BE BENT IN THEIR FAVOR AND HAVE NO SENSE OF MORALITY.THESE SO CALLED EXPERTS CLAIM THAT THEY CAN LEGALLY SELL THESE BIRDS WHICH IS TOTALLY WRONG!!!!! THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE BUYER AS THEY HAVE THEIR MONEY AND THE ONUS OF EXPLAINING TO CUSTOMS WHY YOU ARE SNEAKING IN A BIRD OF PREY TO YOUR HOME COUNTRY. DO YOU WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME IN COURT? DO YOU WANT TO HAVE THE EXPENSE OF PAYING FOR A LAWYER? DO YOU WANT FINES UP TO $10,000.00 PER BIRD? DO YOU WANT TO BE STOPPED EVERYTIME AT CUSTOMS AS YOU LEAVE TO GO OUT OF YOUR COUNTRY AND HAVE THE EMBARRASSMENT OF THEM CHECKING EVERYTHING YOU TAKE WITH YOU OR BRING BACK HOME? DO YOU WANT A CRIMINAL RECORD FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE? YOU CAN COUNT ON THESE AND MAYBE MORE IF YOU LISTEN TO THE SELLERS FROM FORGEIN COUNTRIES TRYING TO SELL YOU SOMETHING THEY KNOW YOU CAN'T HAVE!!THESE TRAFFICERS IN THE ILLEGAL PRACTICE OF SELLING  PROTECTED BIRD PARTS TO NORTH AMERICAN EBAYERS AND TRY TO DISGUISE THE NAMES (THEY CALL MOST HAWKS BUZZARDS TO FOOL YOU!). THEY ADD IN THEIR DESCRIPTION WHAT THEY CLAIM IS A VAST KNOWLEDGE OF WORLD TRADING AND TALK ABOUT LICENSES TO SELL AND SHIP WORLD WIDE WHICH IS NOTHING BUT TRASH TALK TO GET YOU TO BUY.! IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA THE SELLING, TRADING AND BARTERING OF BIRDS OF PREY ARE ILLEGAL! THE SEVERITY OF THIS CRIMINAL ACT IS NOT A SMALL PROBLEM THE BUYER HAS TO DEAL WITH IF CAUGHT, BUT A MAJOR FEDERAL CRIME THAT COMES WITH BIG PENALTIES. THE ONLY TIME YOU MAY POSSESS ONE OF THESE BIRDS OF PREY IS IF YOU FIND IT DEAD AND GET PERMISSION TO KEEP IT FOR PRESERVING.ON THE BACK OF THE LICENSE IT WILL TELL YOU THAT THE LICENSE IS NON-TRANSFERABLE AND FINDS AND CRIMINAL CHARGES WILL BE CARRIED OUT IF YOU DISOBEY THIS LAW!!

NORTH AMERICAN TAXIDERMIST UNDERSTAND THE RULES REGARDING BIRDS OF PREY, BUT SELLERS IN THE ILLEGAL BIRD TRADE TO NORTH AMERICA DO NOT SEEM TO CARE. WHAT WOULD YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU BOUGHT A HAWK FROM ANOTHER CONTINENT AND WAS CAUGHT TRANSPORTING IT INTO NORTH AMERICA?THE ONLY PERSON WOULD BE YOU AS YOU ARE NOW DEALING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION OF BIRDS OF PREY!! YOU WOULD NEVER IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS BELIEVE WHAT KIND OF TROUBLE YOU WOULD BE IN. I HAVE INCLUDED A LINK TO JUST SUCH A SELLER. PLEASE READ HIS WHOLE ITEM DESCRIPTION AND ESPECIALLY HIS PERSONAL COMMENTS ON THE BOTTOM:::

I AM JUST ONE PERSON WHO CANNOT CHANGE THE MINDS OF EBAY BUYERS WHO WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE BUYING A BIRD OF PREY ON EBAY. I ALSO CANNOT CHANGE THE WAY SELLERS IN OTHER COUNTRIES TRY TO FOOL YOU INTO BELIEVING THEIR PRODUCTS ARE LEGAL. JUST REMEMBER, EBAY KEEPS ALL SELLING AND PURCHASING RECORDS SO THE SELLER COULD BE 20,000 MILES AWAY WHILE YOU ARE SITTING IN PRISON OR VISA VERSA.


Guide ID: 10000000004661311Guide created: 11/15/07 (updated 08/19/09)

 
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