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Message: <blockquote data-quote="humminbird" data-source="post: 1697610" data-attributes="member: 14492">I fail to see what is unclear about:"prohibition, unless permitted by regulations, to "pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill, attempt to take, capture or kill, possess, offer for sale, sell, offer to purchase, purchase, deliver for shipment, ship, cause to be shipped, deliver for transportation, transport, cause to be transported, carry, or cause to be carried by any means whatever, receive for shipment, transportation or carriage, or export, at any time, or in any manner, any migratory bird, included in the terms of this Convention . . . for the protection of migratory birds . . . or any part, nest, or egg of any such bird."It makes it quite clear it is a violation to possess any migratory bird or any part thereof unless permitted.How were these birds placed in jeopardy?  In parts of this continent not too far from me, these birds often end up in cages as "pets" when they come to trust the hand of man too much.  (BTW, these parts of this continent are signatores to this treaty.)</blockquote>