My brother-in-law is Australian and when we were watching a bald eagles in northern Minnesota one of the eagles shed a feather which floated to the ground near us. My brother-in-law wanted to pick up the feather to take back to Australia. I warned him that he would likely be jailed and deported for so much as possessing an eagle feather he found in the forest. It is my understanding that only Native Americans are allowed to have eagle feathers and only for ceremonial use.
RE: My brother-in-law wanted to pick up the feather to take back to Australia. I warned him that he would likely be jailed and deported for so much as possessing an eagle feather he found in the forest. It is my understanding that only Native Americans are allowed to have eagle feathers and only for ceremonial use.
My mother ( who immigrated in Australia ) bought hand-painted OSTRICH EGGS when she visited South Africa several years ago. They were CONFISCATED when she arrived in Melbourne. It is DISALLOWED.
It is my understanding that only Native Americans are allowed to have eagle feathers and only for ceremonial use.
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I think you are right about that. The memory is quite fuzzy, as I read the piece about 15 years ago, but I remember seeing an article about a woman who got into trouble for incorporating into the jewelry that she crafted feathers that she had picked up here and there in the wild. She was displaying her wares for sale at some sort of festival, totally unaware that she was breaking the law until someone associated with USFWS learned of her jewelry.