Crow in the office

[urbpan]

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This crow was kept illegally as a pet, and confiscated and brought to a wildlife rehabilitator. The rehabber decided the bird was too imprinted to be released and placed it at the educational center where I work. We are trying to get it to the point where teachers can bring it to schools and such, and use it in educational programs. Its flight feathers are damaged, so it can't fly well, but once it molts it will. I brought it into our office for some exercise and "play time."

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[sin-agua.livejournal.com]

Interesting. So you can SHOOT them, but don't bring one home as a fledgling and be Nice to it.

/head hurts a little
/isn't that also our current policy regarding illegal immigrants?

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they have a strange legal status. They are considered agricultural pests in some places, and a few states have "crow seasons" for shooting them.

In Massachusetts you can't own any native bird (pigeons, house sparrows, starlings, pheasants, chickens, parrots and exotic finches are allowed).