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saggytestis t1_jacmgy9 wrote

This is really one of those things that makes absolutely no sense to me. I understand not screwing with the birds, but a can't even have one of my countries national birds feathers I found on the ground which rightfully makes it mine? Come on now

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rndmcmmntr t1_jacnzec wrote

Probably because as soon as people start wearing or collecting eagles' feathers it'll have people start thinking about killing them to sell the feathers. It's sick but it would definitely happen.

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oroborus68 t1_jaecarg wrote

It definitely did happen. The feather trade around 1900 almost drove some birds to extinction.

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RevengencerAlf t1_jacy1oy wrote

The issue is while there's no solid reason to specifically stop people from collecting feathers that fall off birds or other body parts that come from animals that either died naturally or didn't die at all there's no easy way to separate it from the ones that did.

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littletinyvoid t1_jacpln2 wrote

No one said that. Just random stupid shit Redditors want to gatekeep. Go get your some feathers! πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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