rising@utzoo.uucp (Jim Rising) (04/07/89)
It's illegal to shoot virtually any bird in Canada, US or Mexico
without a special permit (which are hard to obtain, and are granted
for scientific research, and probably in some cases for "pest" control).
Gulls are certainly among the protected. Exceptions (depending on where
you are) include (or used to include) Rock Doves, Starlings, House
Sparrows. In some places it used to be legal to kill Cooper's
Hawks ("chicken hawks"), Crows and Great Horned Owls. The owls
can cause damage in zoos, etc., and some have permission to capture
and remove the birds--but that does still require permission.
As Joyce says, if you don't want them, don't feed them, and hope
that they don't decide that your dock is a good place to sit.
--Jim Rising
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Name: Jim Rising
Mail: Dept. Zoology, Univ. Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A1
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BITNET: rising@utzoo.utoronto.bitnetdonndeli@sunburn.aero.org (James Donndelinger) (04/12/89)
>Sparrows. In some places it used to be legal to kill Cooper's >Hawks ("chicken hawks"), Crows and Great Horned Owls. The owls >can cause damage in zoos, etc., and some have permission to capture >and remove the birds--but that does still require permission. It is ILLEGAL to shoot any Raptor at anytime! ~Jim