Deciding a "rare bird" of a case, a federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of an exotic bird collector for illegally importing black sparrowhawks from South Africa. Thomas W. Cullen was sentenced to four months in jail under the Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992, possibly the first criminal prosecution under the act. Cullen challenged his conviction on the grounds that the act does not apply to captive-bred birds and that its failure to define "personal pet" rendered it unconstitutionally vague.
August 28, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Deciding a “rare bird” of a case, a federal appeals court last week upheld the unusual conviction of an “enigmatic and colorful” exotic bird collector for illegally importing black sparrowhawks from South Africa.
Thomas W. Cullen of Goshen, N.Y., was convicted and sentenced to four months in jail under the Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992, 16 U.S.C. �4901 et. seq. His case may have been the first criminal prosecution ever under the act.
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