I'm wondering what I saw exactly at the park.

[LeBlackbird]

try this. They have alot of info...

http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/American_Coots.html

 

[Minniechickmama]

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What state are you in Moochie? DNR=Dept. of Natural Resources

 

[RAREROO]

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DNR is the Department of Natural Resources. You most likely wont be able to get them. In most states, here in Ga. especially, its is illegal to have any native wildlife. Even captive breed specimins and color morphs that wouldnt be found in the wild like Albinos and such.

Contact your DNR before you try or you'll get a nice fine or prison time if you get caught.

 

[phasianidae]

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DNR is the Department of Natural Resources. You most likely wont be able to get them. In most states, here in Ga. especially, its is illegal to have any native wildlife. Even captive breed specimins and color morphs that wouldnt be found in the wild like Albinos and such.

Contact your DNR before you try or you'll get a nice fine or prison time if you get caught.

you mean in Ga nobody raises deer or elk or anything?

 

[Crickett B]

Those have got to be the oddest looking feet, I have ever seen!

 

[Moochie]

I'm in California. Kern County.
I know a guy who lives up in Pine Canyon (nice mountain/foresty place near Tehachapi) and he has a deer that he raised himself. It's mom was shot by hunters and he took the baby in before the hunters got to it. Nice story I gotta say. He seems like a real cool fellow.
So maybe having wildlife is okay? Or not, but ehhh... What's another good unique waterfowl type thing to have? Oh and for you southern Californians, there is a bird show in Bakersfield sometime in March.

 

[RAREROO]

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DNR is the Department of Natural Resources. You most likely wont be able to get them. In most states, here in Ga. especially, its is illegal to have any native wildlife. Even captive breed specimins and color morphs that wouldnt be found in the wild like Albinos and such.

Contact your DNR before you try or you'll get a nice fine or prison time if you get caught.

you mean in Ga nobody raises deer or elk or anything?

Not really, there is a certain permitt you can get for deer farming and I only know of one place that has them and I dont even remember what kind of deer they were. But yeah, Ga. has some pretty weird rules about animals .

 

[fancyfowl4ever]

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Unless he is a official rehabilitator or wild animal sancturary he is by law probably not allowed to legally keep the deer. I don't know any place that let anyone keep native wild live without special permit/proof its from captive bred stock(deer farms for example cannot by law keep wild deer, not even orphan fawns). Those permits are hard to get......

Native waterfowl usually cannot be kept without special permits and some species are not allowed to be kept period.

 

[RAREROO]

Yep, Just becuase he has it, doesnt mean hes aloud to and he would probably get it trouble if he was caught with it, even if he did save its live. Llamas and Buffalo (Bison) are the only hoofed exotic animals that our Georgia DNR does not regulate. and quoteing a Ga. Market Bulletin

" However , upon compliance with applicable state regulations, a deer farming licence for commercial production of meat and fiber is avaiable for the following species: Fallow deer, Axis Deer, Sika Deer, Elk, Red Deer, Reindeer, and Caribou "

So thats not saying that these animals can be kept as pets and it also does not include our local native deer species, The Whitetail Deer.

And with with migratory waterfowl, I have heard two different things, I have heard that they are not legal at all and white Ga.'s laws, I wouldnt be suprised, and I have also heard that they are legal to own, but but must have a permit to sell/give away/or otherwise dispose of the birds. And they still cannot be taken live out of their natural wild habitat, they must be bought from someone with a license as well. Bobwhite Quail here are the same way, a permit is required for selling them since they are a native species here. Mallard Ducks must 'legally' be 3 generations from the wild to be sold.

But like I said, Ga. is about the most restrictive state that I know of and it varys from state to state so you should call or email your states DNR for the details for you.

 

[Minniechickmama]

Moochie-
An added note to consider, if you are thinking about snatching some out of the wild, you must realize that wild birds may carry things that your domestic critters are not immune to. You really don't want to introduce something foreign that may wipe out your current flock. Tread carefully with this sort of thing and beware the dangers. Also, though you may think they are really cool, these birds might not take too well to being captured or raised in a pen. Honestly, I would strongly ask you to observe them in their natural habitat and let it be. Buying and raising domestic chickens, pheasants, ducks, whatever is great, but when you take from the wild, ask yourself if you are doing what is best for the animal/bird? the greatest beauty is a creature, I think, is to see it free in is native habitat and observing what kind of life it has there.
I know I sound preachy, but so be it.