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JustASt0ry t1_jac0bge wrote

Reply to comment by appendixgallop in This animal foot I found on my car by Slider-Gwen

Are you allowed to keep eagle feathers, or are they protected?

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appendixgallop t1_jacwavr wrote

They are protected; tribal members can keep them. I believe you can get permission through the local tribe or US Attorney to keep them. Most of the feathers here are tail feathers pulled out by rude gangs of crows.

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BeTheBeee t1_jaddaev wrote

I'm confused, why wouldn't you be allowed to keep random feathers that landed in your garden?

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15brutus t1_jaddkul wrote

Because that opens up a market for the trade of them and poachers be poachers would be my guess.

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Saintviscious t1_jaccuq0 wrote

Depends on the type of eagle I do believe

Some google-fu tells me it's all eagle feathers, so don't touch them folks!

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Zkenny13 t1_jace5f1 wrote

Just for the record for everyone. If you find any eagle feathers in the US at a park do not pick them up. Leave them alone.

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Saintviscious t1_jach9eg wrote

Personally, I'd have no idea if it was or wasn't one lol, but just like I tell my kids; "Don't touch it, you don't know what disease it has!"

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marathonflorida t1_jaciiw1 wrote

"You see why that feather fell off the bird?! IT HAS GANGRENE! DISCINTEGRATED IN MID-FLIGHT! Don't touch it, you wanna start Covid-23? . . . . little shit."

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Saintviscious t1_jacm5c2 wrote

Hey, were you recording me?

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marathonflorida t1_jades2z wrote

My kid cracks me up. She is always bringing me feathers and rocks or moss. I am pretty sure she has brought me scat a few times.

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friendlytotbot t1_jadjuvl wrote

What would they do if they found out you kept one? Arrest you? Do they have cops on standby ready to write a ticket for picking up a feather?

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saggytestis t1_jacmgy9 wrote

This is really one of those things that makes absolutely no sense to me. I understand not screwing with the birds, but a can't even have one of my countries national birds feathers I found on the ground which rightfully makes it mine? Come on now

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rndmcmmntr t1_jacnzec wrote

Probably because as soon as people start wearing or collecting eagles' feathers it'll have people start thinking about killing them to sell the feathers. It's sick but it would definitely happen.

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oroborus68 t1_jaecarg wrote

It definitely did happen. The feather trade around 1900 almost drove some birds to extinction.

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RevengencerAlf t1_jacy1oy wrote

The issue is while there's no solid reason to specifically stop people from collecting feathers that fall off birds or other body parts that come from animals that either died naturally or didn't die at all there's no easy way to separate it from the ones that did.

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littletinyvoid t1_jacpln2 wrote

No one said that. Just random stupid shit Redditors want to gatekeep. Go get your some feathers! 🇺🇸

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