Somethings found on the roadside are justifiably lawfully kept.
One late evening coming back to Penticton a large lump was laying on the side of the road and had not yet become hamburger, the lump turned out to be a nice bit of road kill without any noticeable body damage.
I tossed the animal into the back of my truck, the next morning presented myself to the fish and game authorities explaining how I came to be in possession of a protected species to which I wished to purchase a permit giving me ;legal possession.
Once the permit is in hand you can show this to any taxidermist who in turn will photocopy the permit before proceeding with his preservation work. Should you decide to sell or auction the animal the permit must follow to prove legal ownership.
On this occasion I donated the animal to the fish and game folks who now have it in their back office collection, my generosity garnered me a tour of the facility.
They were pleased to have a near perfect badger for their collection.
My previous road kill find was a Great Horned Owl, a kill I witnessed as it happened.
This time taking the back roads from Penticton over the mountains over to Hedley when Becky and i came across the Great Horned Owl sitting peacefully on an old stump. We stopped to get a better look when all of a sudden a Great Gray Owl swoops down grabbing the great horned by its talons.
As the larger bird flew over where we were standing taking all this in, the Great Gray lost its grip dropping the Great Horned at my feet, I picked the bird up only to see the life from its eyes flicker out. The bird died with no visible damage, I kept the owl then obtained a permit from fish and game the following day.
I had taken the owl to a taxidermist to have it mounted, it was to be a gift for Becky but she left for the east before the bird had been completed so I abandoned the bird as I had no specific interest in owning a stuffed owl.
Bookmarks