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Who gives a hoot?
The owners of a stuffed owl that was seized at the
U.S.-Canadian border say they won't give up the fight with the government
over ownership.
In fact, they're crying fowl.
John Woodfine said the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service wants James Faso and
himself to donate the stuffed great gray owl to the Buffalo Zoo. The men
want to return it to Woodfine's uncle in Ontario, who gave it to them as a
gift.
The case has made its way into federal court, where it is known as the
United States of America v. One Stuffed Great Gray Owl.
Which leads us to this question: Is this really the
best way to spend the taxpayers' dollars? Over a stuffed owl, for crying
out loud?
Federal officials said the owl, dead or alive, is a member of a protected
species of migratory birds and cannot be brought into the United States
without a permit.
The men aren't about to chicken out. “This is ridiculous. ... We'll fight
this in the courts as long as we have to,” Woodfine told The Buffalo News.
The owl was seized as the men were returning from a bear hunting camp in
northern Ontario run by Woodfine's uncle.
Source: CBSNews.com, "Stuffed Owl Border Stop," June 6, 2003.
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