Bird Flu Brings Restrictions for Waterfowl Hunters Looking to Transport Birds Across the Border

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With the ongoing spread of bird flu, the importation of ducks and geese has been significantly hampered.

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Bird Flu Brings Restrictions for Waterfowl Hunters Looking to Transport Birds Across the Border
Heading to Canada or Mexico this fall? There is a temporary restriction prohibiting the importation of unprocessed waterfowl across the border, and significant limitations for bringing home bird meat. (Photo By: Chris Ingram)

July 01, 2022By Wildfowl Staff

As you may remember,Wildfowl reported in Marchwhen avian influenza began wreaking havoc among wild waterfowl and domestic poultry populations. Since then, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), a division of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), has been closely monitoring the spread and imparting new efforts to migrate the effects of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). With the latest development from the APHIS office comes a series of restrictions on the importation of avian commodities (including hunter-harvested waterfowl species). Simply put, your birds will either have to go…

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