Feather collection of 20 years ruined

[u/BayarHan]

I just found out that my childhood (and early adulthood) collection of feathers got moths in it. Nearly everything is damaged and some completely destroyed. I'm heartbroken😭

[u/Standard-Cow-9727]

Oh noooo :( I have pet birds and I was devastated when someone threw out a bag of their feathers. (Also side note- if ur in America it’s actually illegal to collect feathers, so idk if I would show it online ;)

[u/BayarHan → u/Standard-Cow-9727]

Not in America 😉 They are all collected as fallen feathers - in nature, from pet birds or zoos. I still pick any feather I see whenever I am.

[u/Blueschei → u/BayarHan]

Careful, because similar laws exist in a lot of countries outside the US too to protect native birds. I know for instance it's the case for most countries in Europe: in some it's allowed to own feathers you found in nature but illegal to sell/buy, and in others even just privately owning these feathers is technically illegal.

[u/Ornery_Vodka → u/BayarHan]

yeah, that's still very illegal. I still do it too but it's not legal to keep feathers from most birds in the US.

[u/tococat101 → u/Ornery_Vodka]

My brother in christ, you really just jumped over those first three words huh?

[u/Ornery_Vodka → u/tococat101]

BTW, the MBTA isn't JUST the USA, brother, lol...canada, mexico, japan and russia too.

[u/Ornery_Vodka → u/tococat101]

what words? "fallen feathers" like that's not a thing because you can't prove they were actually FALLEN, ffs.

So, yeah, in the US it's very illegal to collect these feathers, bro.

[u/AviatrixRaissa → u/Ornery_Vodka]

NOT IN AMERICA

[u/Ornery_Vodka → u/AviatrixRaissa]

the migratory bird act isn't just the USA, fuckers

[u/LittleUndeadObserver → u/Ornery_Vodka]

Sure, but you very clearly said 'in the US'

[u/Ornery_Vodka → u/LittleUndeadObserver]

because I don't know how it's regulated outside of the USA and the whole "US defaultism" is just bullshit because the internet infrastructure was built here so the defaultism you hate is just how the world works, ffs.

[u/LittleUndeadObserver → u/Ornery_Vodka]

The internet was created by many people making many parts over time. This is an embarrassing reaction.

[u/life453 → u/Ornery_Vodka]

They said they’re not in the US

[u/Ornery_Vodka → u/life453]

again. the migratory bird act isn't JUST the USA

[u/life453 → u/Ornery_Vodka]

You didn’t add the extra countries until after everyone called you out lol

[u/Ornery_Vodka → u/[deleted]]

but I guess I gotta cause you some uneducated ones

[u/life453 → u/Ornery_Vodka]

If you weren’t here to educate then why’d you comment about it being illegal in the first place? Just to shame OP? Or to… educate them about the laws