This is a peripheral realm near to my day job. I have a great many friends within the agencies charged with enforcement (esp. the US Fish & Wildlife Service). You're right about the cause of eagle endangerment, Vance, but protected animals are still often taken as trophies, which doesn't help endangered populations. I support the endangered species act and hope/suspect that any zealots within enforcing agencies are tempered in considering evidence and the intent of violators; i.e., actively hunting live eagles is a different degree of poaching than an 8-yr-old girl who finds an eagle feather and unknowingly makes a "dream catcher" with it at summer camp and should be considered as such.
Now, back to plectra... Eugene At 02:56 PM 11/9/2004, Vance Wood wrote: >Carl: > >Not meaning to split hairs, or as in this case split feathers, it was not >hunting that drove the Eagle to near extinction but the use of DDT. This >insecticide used extensively a generation or so ago had the effect of >causing the egg shells to become too thin to protect the embryo during >incubation. That aside, I understand the laws but have a problem with some >of the agencies that enforce them having more power to work with impunity, >even more so than the police. > >Vance Wood. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Carl Donsbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 6:30 PM >Subject: Re: eagle feathers > > > > These laws exist to protect the eagle from being hunted solely for their > > feathers. It does happen - fortunately, less frequently when the law is > > strictly enforced. I know it may seem strict to those of us who would not > > hunt a creature to the edge of extinction for trophies (and draconian to > > those who don't care), but there are plenty out there who would and do > > shoot eagles, take and sell the feathers, and try to get away with it by > > claiming that they had "found" them. It is because of serious protection > > that eagles have begun to make a recovery from being endangered. > > > > -Carl Donsbach > > > > > > --On Monday, November 08, 2004 1:50 PM -0500 Vance Wood > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > You had better not pick one up off the ground either. Environmental > > > extremism not Native American issue. At least that's the way it is out > > > West (of the Mississippi that is). > > > > > > Vance Wood. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "bill kilpatrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 1:25 PM > > > Subject: eagle feathers > > > > > > > > >> when i visited vermont in the states recently we went > > >> to a place where birds of prey - raptors, they're > > >> called - are cared for if found wounded or sick and > > >> subsequently put on display if their condition is such > > >> that releasing them back into the wild would do more > > >> harm than good. > > >> > > >> there were several eagles in the collection and i > > >> asked in the souvineer shop if they had an eagle > > >> feather for sale so that i might make a risha or > > >> plectrum for my oud - eagles are traditionally > > >> considered to produce the best. > > >> > > >> i was surprised to discover that they are not for sale > > >> - it's a federal offence to sell them in this, or any > > >> other bird sanctuary that is not an american indian > > >> based business. > > >> > > >> ummph ... them tribes got some sharp lawyers down > > >> there in washington. > > >> > > >> - bill > > >> > > >> ===== > > >> "and thus i made...a small vihuela from the shell of a creepy >crawly..." > > >> - > > > Don Gonzalo de Guerrero (1512), "Historias de la Conquista del Mayab" by > > > Fra Joseph of San Buenaventura > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW >Yahoo! > > > Messenger - all new features - even more fun! > > > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> To get on or off this list see list information at > > >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Carl Donsbach - User Support Analyst > > L I T Dept - Zimmerman Library, UNM > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.unm.edu/~ctdbach/home.html > > http://www.unm.edu/~ctdbach/Lute/Building_Lute/Building_Lute_Main.htm > > Confounded eyeglasses... where'd I leave 'em this time...? 8:-{> > > > >
