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N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 11-0537: Bald and golden eagles; prohibited acts

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Environmental Conservation Law
Article 11. Fish and Wildlife
Title 5. Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea For Scientific or Propagation Purposes; Destructive Wildlife; Rabies Control; Guides; Endangered Species

§ 11-0537. Bald and golden eagles; prohibited acts.

It shall be unlawful to knowingly or with wanton disregard for the

consequences of this act to take, possess, sell, purchase, barter, offer

to sell, purchase or barter, transport, export or import, at any time or

in any manner, any bald eagle commonly known as the American eagle, or

any golden eagle, alive or dead, or any part, nest, or egg thereof of

the foregoing eagles without a permit from a lawful authority.

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