Woodpecker-Saving Daughter Costs Mom $500, Possible Jail Time

[Royale]

Woodpecker-Saving Daughter Costs Mom $500, Possible Jail Time | wusa9.com

WTF! They only did the good thing for that baby woodpecker and what the Feds did to them is ridiculous beyond imagination.

 

[Frisky Feline]

oh gosh.

9NEWS NOW has tried repeatedly to contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. So far, they have not returned any of our calls. If convicted, Capo could face up to a year behind bars.

go figure!! :roll: us fish and wildlife service needs lighten up

 

[Babyblue]

If they still had the bird and did not release it then I can see them getting a citation. But since they have let it go and she reported that she did to Fish and Wildlfe. Let it go!! The lady did what she suppose to do.. she rescued and released the bird.

 

[sequoias]

Wirelessly posted (sent from a smartphone. )

They could have gotten a warning not a stupid fine. They just didn't know about it. They are pretty harsh.

 

[PowerON]

Well I don't know about the law until I saw this...
Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918

It's pretty strict. However, 800 different birds is alot to remember everything. That we shouldn't take or capture.

 

[Buffalo]

I learned that woodpeckers are protected when I had to do something about the holes they created on my mobile home. I bought an owl with bobbled-head that turns in the wind. I think it solved the problem.