Can magpies be legally culled

Answer 1

Magpies are protected under the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981, in the United Kingdom. Not only is it illegal to kill the birds, it is also illegal to damage the nest and its contents.

A license to control the birds may be granted when there is a risk to public health, air safety, serious damage to crops and for the conservation of endangered wild birds.

Answer 2:Not in most of Canada and Australia they aren't! Except under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of Ontario, there are no restrictions on trapping, hunting or modifying habitat (i.e., destroying nests) in the area, especially if they are damaging crops and livestock. Magpies are an introduced species in Australia, which gives people there quite a bit of merit to do anything to control the population Down Under. The United States have magpies protected under the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, but allow people, even without a federal permit, to control populations by trapping, shooting, modifying habitat or frightening them away.

Answer 2

Yes. There is a large population of magpies that exist in Canada and the northern part of the United States.

Answer 3

Yes, they are. In Australia, the magpie is a protected native species. It is illegal to harm or kill a magpie.

Answer 4

Yes, since they're not a protected or endangered species. If you have some magpies around your place that need to be gotten rid of, there's no law that says you can't shoot them.

Answer 5

No.

Answer 6

I believe magpies are wild birds and protected. So why is a neighbour continuing to shoot them.