Muscovies in US - REGULATION CHANGES OPEN FOR COMMENTS - 10/1 update

[Cottage Rose]

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Yah! What about English Sparrows, Kudzu, Japanese Beetles,
Asian Lady Beetles and last but not least...illegal aliens?!
NOOOO!!! Their worried about DUCKS!
How stupid is that?!?

I can see it now... prostitutes, drug dealers and duck owners sitting in a jail cell.
I'm sure they'll pat down the duck criminals first to make sure they don't have any
cracked corn in their pockets.

 

[Dances with Ducks]

Quote:
Yah! What about English Sparrows, Kudzu, Japanese Beetles,
Asian Lady Beetles and last but not least...illegal aliens?!
NOOOO!!! Their worried about DUCKS!
How stupid is that?!?

I can see it now... prostitutes, drug dealers and duck owners sitting in a jail cell.
I'm sure they'll pat down the duck criminals first to make sure they don't have any
cracked corn in their pockets.

There going to be announcing a new regulatory agency, the DEA.
That's the Duck Enforcement Agency!
sorry I couldn't help it

 

[Cottage Rose]

There going to be announcing a new regulatory agency, the DEA.
That's the Duck Enforcement Agency!
sorry I couldn't help it

 

[Dances with Ducks]

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Look! Avian Web say they are a non-migratory species http://www.avianweb.com/muscovyduck.html
I wonder what they base that on, maybe we have something to work with from this angle!

In fact every source I find describes them as non-migratory! Well I'm really confused now!!

 

[downhome]

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thank you! maybe they will understand now?if it has to be published the net dont count ,but if it is a Accepted or recognizied scientific work, journal,study,opinion, or text book we do have something. wether 1905 or 1995 it is a place to start (dates are irrelevent)

 

[redhen]

Quote:
Yah! What about English Sparrows, Kudzu, Japanese Beetles,
Asian Lady Beetles and last but not least...illegal aliens?!
NOOOO!!! Their worried about DUCKS!
How stupid is that?!?

I can see it now... prostitutes, drug dealers and duck owners sitting in a jail cell.
I'm sure they'll pat down the duck criminals first to make sure they don't have any
cracked corn in their pockets.

 

[Cottage Rose]

Look! Avian Web say they are a non-migratory species http://www.avianweb.com/muscovyduck.html
I wonder what they base that on

Ummm, its probably based on the fact that #1, even feral Muscovies don't migrate
and #2, most domestic Muscovy drakes are too big to fly.
But what does common sense have to do with anything when it comes to
the fed. government?
Next they say chickens are migratory birds.

 

[Dances with Ducks]

The only logic that remains is what we were theorizing in the first place, which is they are protecting other migratory species from an invasive one.
But in that case they can't disallow us to have ownership of muscovies based on them being protected under the MBA, right?

 

[Dances with Ducks]

"We allow private
ownership of MBTA-protected species
in few circumstances. We intend to
disallow private possession of muscovy
ducks, except to raise them to be sold
as food (which has been ongoing for
years). However, we will allow
possession of any live muscovy duck
held on the date when this rule takes
effect."
So they are saying the Muscovy is a MBTA-protected species.
That means they consider it a migratory bird, but it's NOT!!
So it shouldn't fall under the MBTA jurisdiction.
So they can's regulate it's ownership under this act - maybe??

 

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

You're totally barking up the wrong tree, chasing after the "migratory" issue.