Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918
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migratory-bird-treaty-act-of-1918-169-14689645
title:
Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918
text:
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 (MBTA), codified at 16 U.S.C. §§ 703–712, is a United States federal law, first enacted in 1918 to implement the convention for the protection of migratory birds between the United States and Canada. The statute makes it unlawful without a waiver to pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill, or sell nearly 1,100 species of birds listed therein as migratory birds. The statute does not discriminate between live or dead birds and also grants full protection to any bird
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
US law protecting migratory birds
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migratory_Bird_Treaty_Act_of_1918
date created:
2005-02-07T06:17:37Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T17:05:07Z
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