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 Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries
 Chapter I - United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
 SubChapter B - Taking, Possession, Transportation, Sale, Purchase, Barter, Exportation, and Importation of Wildlife and Plants
 Part 17 - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants
 Subpart A - Introduction and General Provisions

  § 17.7 - Raptor exemption.  

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  • § 17.7 Raptor exemption.

    (a) The prohibitions found in §§ 17.21 and 17.31 do not apply to any raptor [a live migratory bird of the Order Falconiformes or the Order Strigiformes, other than a bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) or a golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)] legally held in captivity or in a controlled environment on November 10, 1978, or to any of its progeny, which is:

    (1) Possessed and banded in compliance with the terms of a valid permit issued under part 21 of this chapter; and

    (2) Identified in the earliest applicable annual report required to be filed by a permittee under part 21 of this chapter as in a permittee's possession on November 10, 1978, or as the progeny of such a raptor.

    (b) This section does not apply to any raptor intentionally returned to the wild.

    [48 FR 31607, July 8, 1983]