reddit455 t1_iujl0bq wrote
Reply to comment by qpwoeor1235 in TIL the United States government has a National Eagle Repository, which provides Eagle feathers and parts to Native Americans for cultural and religious purposes. by tranquilrage73
I guess you're not really clear on what's actually going on here.
birds shed.
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Alaska Eagles Supply Feathers to Lower 48 Tribes
https://alaskapublic.org/2015/06/03/alaska-eagles-supply-feathers-to-lower-48-tribes/
That’s because the raptor center collects feathers rehabilitating birds lose while molting.
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“Our education birds that are here year-round, when they drop their feathers, we collect those. And they all just get saved up and I can send them down there,” she says.
“There” is the National Eagle Repository, run by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service near Denver, Colorado.
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Only Alaskan Natives and American Indians are allowed to gather, store and use feathers or parts from eagles and some other protected birds — with a few exceptions.
SEND_PUNS_PLZ t1_iujmg9l wrote
Wait is that the sound of a Ruppell’s griffon vulture zipping by 37,000ft overhead or did you just get whooshed?
SlothOfDoom t1_iujlgcm wrote
I doubt it's just a bird shed, it's a whole repository!
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