Or not even that. I was sitting on my deck one summer day when a kestrel smacked into the window at full stoop, breaking its little neck. Beautiful little bird. So I called a taxidermist to see if I could get it stuffed and was told that (1) I couldn’t own such a thing without a permit, (2) I couldn’t donate it to a school or museum or library unless they had such a permit, (3) I couldn’t be in possession of it, and (4) there was no legal way to get rid of it. “Just bury it in the backyard and forget we ever had this conversation,” is what she told me, and what I did. I hope the NSA doesn’t flag this post for that. Now, there are also eagles hereabouts, and so when I picked up an interesting-looking feather from that same backyard, I became a criminal - can’t be in possession of such a thing unless you’re a registered member of a Native American tribe. I suspect even having it laying in my backyard was technically in possession.
Another consequence of those who write the laws not having to deal with situations that involve the laws....
Given all that and the Police state we find ourselves living in, you’re lucky to be alive :)