Colin
Yes, it was an interesting discussion, right down to the disappointing
finale with someone or something making off with Peter's owl.
Generally, it is illegal to have protected fauna or parts thereof in your
possession without authority. However, it is unlikely that you would be
prosecuted if you were in the act of transporting a dead bird to a museum
or other institute.
My organisation held a permit to maintain a reference collection of
skeletal material and for many years I collected roadkill, beach washed
creatures and even received some Cape Barren Geese from Healesville
Sanctuary after a fox penetrated their enclosure. I was never asked to
produce our permit and, in fact, no-one ever asked why I was collecting
dead animals.
The only restriction on our permit was that rare specimens had to be
offered to the Museum.
David
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23/06/10 07:46 AM dead owl?
An interesting discussion. We've all come across dead birds etc that
could have been of benefit to, it appears, a range of people!
I thought that picking up roadkill was illegal - or is that an urban
myth? - or maybe just a Queensland thing? It hasn't stopped me in the
past and it won't stop me in the future, but I thought I remembered
hearing something along those lines?
Can anyone confirm?
Colin
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:21 +1000, "Ian & Carla Jackett"
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> Hi Peter,
>
>
>
> I rescue wildlife and get the odd call to pick up an Owl and sometimes
> find
> them myself on the road. There are a few things we usually do with the
> bodies. If in good condition we ask the museum or DECC if they would
> like
> it. If a threatened species we also notify DECC for their records. DECC
> will take some animals to have them taxidermied for their educational
> displays. We wrap and freeze as mentioned by others.
>
>
>
> Another area we use dead specimen's is at our training courses. WIRES
> and
> other licensed wildlife organisations may be interested if you give them
> a
> call. The bodies of Owls are used at our Raptor training courses for ID
> and
> other workshops. The feathers of dead animals are sometimes used for
> Imping
> (a feather repair/replacement technique) in rehab birds. This is done to
> speed up recovery time and assists with an earlier release. I have not
> done one of these courses for a few years so I am not certain Imping is
> still carried out.
>
>
>
> The other use of course is as a food source for larger raptors or other
> animals who may feed on carrion.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Carla Jackett
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> To:
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> Subject:
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> What to do with a dead owl?
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>
> From:
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> Peter Shute < >
>
>
> Date:
>
> Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:18:18 +1000
>
>
> This morning I found a dead Southern Boobook in Altona, presumably hit by
> a
> train during the night. I didn't have time to do anything about it, as I
> was
> on
> the way to the station, so I hid it in the bushes. What should I do if
> it's
> still there tonight? Should things like this be sent to a museum, or does
> that
> only apply to rarer species?
>
> Peter Shute==============================
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