Conn. Agencies Regs. § 26-67e-14 - Notification requirements
(a) A falconer
shall submit a written request to and receive approval from the commissioner
before release of a raptor into the wild.
(b) Any person holding a falconry permit
pursuant to section
26-67e-6 of
the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall, not later than five days
after any of the following events, complete and submit a Migratory Bird
Acquisition and Disposition Report in the manner required by the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service and shall notify the commissioner in writing of the
following transactions or events:
(1) The
acquisition of a raptor taken from the wild or received by transfer or purchase
from another person;
(2) the
recovery of a lost raptor;
(3) the
transfer of a raptor to another person;
(4) the loss of a raptor previously held
through release, escape, theft or death;
(5) the banding or rebanding of any
raptor;
(6) the loss, removal and
mutilation of banding from any raptor;
(7) the implanting of a microchip;
or
(8) any injury of a wild
bird.
(c) The loss of a
raptor through theft shall be reported, in writing, to the commissioner and to
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Regional Law Enforcement
Office within five days of the theft.
(d) Copies of all submissions made pursuant
to subsection (b) of this section shall be retained for a period of at least
five years from the date of transfer or loss of the raptor.
(e) The capture of any raptor affixed with
any band, research marker or transmitter shall be immediately reported to the
United States Geological Survey Bird Banding Laboratory.
(f) Structural changes to the mews or
weathering area shall be reported to the commissioner in writing along with
accompanying photographs, no later than 30 days after completion of the
changes.
(g) Any species listed as
endangered, threatened, or of special concern pursuant to section
26-310
of the Connecticut General Statutes taken during the practice of falconry shall
be immediately reported, in writing, to the commissioner and, if a federally
listed species, to the nearest New England Ecological Services Field Office of
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
(h) Each person holding a permit pursuant to
section
26-67e-6 of
the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall submit an annual report to
the commissioner by July 31, or within 30 days of the termination of the
permit, on forms prescribed by the commissioner. The report shall include the
following information for the previous 12-month period:
(1) The number, species, band number, and
microchip information of a raptor possessed;
(2) the number, species, date, and location
of all kills of any animal for which there is no season or is out of
season;
(3) the number, species,
date, and location of all kills of any animal for which there is an open
season; and
(4) the number and
species of replacement raptors.
Notes
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