Aren't muscovies considered domestic ducks? Aren't domestic animals under the authority of the usda as opposed to the fws? I know that wolf dogs are regarded as domestic animals by the fwc and that is why they don't exercise any authority over them. The hybrid rule aside which really is techinically no longer true as dogs and wolves are regarded as the same species. I certainly know pure wolves are still under their authority and require permits. But that aside aren't muscovies and domestic ducks considered domestic fowl? What about mallards? aren;t they covered under the whole migratory bird thing? there must be some sort of distinction between the mallards in the wild and the ones you buy.

The whole thing seems a bit fowl to me. I'm betting somebody threatened to cut off their funding over that one. It sounds like a huge waste of their limited funding to me. Not that wasting money has ever stopped them before. I'm betting if they went through the only talk show host that wouldn't have been on that one would have been Neal Boortz and that's only because he hates how Canadian Geese crap up his yard. Rush Beck Hannity and all the others would been having a field day with it though.

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