Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part III - GAME COMMISSION › Chapter 147 - SPECIAL PERMITS › Subchapter F - FALCONRY › Section 147.111a - Additional requirements for permittee

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A permittee is prohibited from
				  propagating raptors held under the authority of a falconry permit unless they
				  possess a joint State/Federal raptor propagation permit.
(b) A permittee whose permit lapses or is
				  otherwise suspended or revoked shall return any raptors possessed into the wild
				  by hacking, transferring the raptors to another permitted falconer, or
				  forfeiting the raptors to the Commission. Propagated, hybrid and nonindigenous
				  raptors may not be released into the wild.
(c) A permittee may not sell, purchase,
				  barter or offer to sell, purchase or barter a propagated raptor unless the
				  raptor is marked on the metatarsus by a seamless, numbered band supplied by the
				  United States Fish and Wildlife Service or the Commission.
(d) If a permittee's raptor unintentionally
				  injures or kills any wildlife during a closed season while engaged in falconry
				  activities, the permittee shall comply with the notification and reporting
				  requirements in section 2306 of the act (relating to killing game or wildlife
				  by mistake). The permittee will not be required to pay any restitution fees
				  unless the injury or taking is determined to be the result of carelessness or
				  negligence. The permittee is not required to put the carcass of the injured or
				  killed wildlife in a place of safekeeping, but rather may leave the carcass in
				  the field and allow the raptor to feed upon it. Once the raptor is finished
				  feeding, it may not be hunted the rest of that day.
(e) A raptor possessed under authority of a
				  falconry permit may be temporarily held by a person other than the permittee
				  only if that person is otherwise authorized to possess raptors, and only if the
				  raptor is accompanied at all times by a properly completed United States Fish
				  and Wildlife Service Form 3-186A designating the permittee as the possessor of
				  record and by a signed, dated statement from the permittee. If the period of
				  care will exceed 30 days, written permission shall be obtained from the
				  Commission. Illness or disability of the permittee would be cause for temporary
				  transfer of the raptors to another authorized person for care. The Commission
				  shall be notified of this action within 5 days following the temporary
				  transfer. Final disposition of the raptors will be at the discretion of the
				  Commission.
(f) Molted feathers, or
				  feathers from birds held in captivity that die, may be retained by the
				  permittee for imping purposes only. Molted feathers and retrices from a golden
				  eagle shall be collected and used for imping purposes or submitted to the
				  National Eagle Repository.
(g)
				  Carcasses of dead raptors shall be disposed in a proper waste receptacle or
				  buried underground unless otherwise authorized by the Commission. The entire
				  carcass of dead golden eagles, including all feathers, talons and other parts
				  shall be submitted to the National Eagle Repository.
(h) Propagated, hybrid and nonindigenous
				  raptors may not be intentionally released into the wild without prior written
				  approval of the Commission.
(i) A
				  sponsor may not have more than three apprentices at one time.
The provisions of this §
												147.111a issued under the Game and
						Wildlife Code,
						34 Pa.C.S. §§
													2102(a) and
						2901(b).