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The mallard is protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act making it unlawful to pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill, possess, sell, barter, purchase, ship, export, or import or own any mallard, or any part, nest, or egg of a mallard. This carries a fine up to $15,000 and possible jail time up to 6 months. The only exception is captive-reared mallards as stated in the Permit exceptions for captive-reared mallards as applicable by US law. The US FWS does allow people who find injured, sick, orphaned ducks to take possession in order to transport the bird to a permitted wildlife rehabilitator.

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Sad. Sad. Sad.
People need to keep some perspective. There are real problems in the world and someone caring for what may be a wild duck shouldn't even raise an eyebrow. Much less be an issue we spend taxpayer money investigating.
 
While the legalities are technically correct, responding and replying harshly are not ok.

I have edited this thread to remove rudeness but will paste here the relevant part of one of the deleted posts.

This is fact, like it or not and is for your own information.


For more information, here is a link to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918
 
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