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(iv) A permittee may purchase, sell, or barter semen
<br />collected from any captive-bred raptor.
<br />(v) A permittee may not purchase, sell or barter any
<br />raptor eggs, any raptors taken from the wild, any raptor
<br />semen collected from the wild, or any raptors hatched from
<br />eggs taken from the wild.
<br />(6) Use of Service form 3-186A. No permittee may
<br />take, purchase, receive, or otherwise acquire, sell, trade,
<br />barter, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any raptor unless
<br />such permittee submits a form 3-186A (Migratory Bird
<br />Acquisition/Disposition Report), completed in accordance
<br />with the instructions on the form, to the issuing office with
<br />in five (5) calendar days of any such transfer. Provided, that
<br />a permittee does not have to submit a form 3-186A
<br />(Migratory Bird Acquisition/Disposition Report) to report the
<br />acquisition raptors hatched from eggs produced as a result
<br />of the permittee's propagation activities as long as these
<br />raptors remain in the possession of the permittee.
<br />(7) Documentation of lawful possession. No raptor may
<br />be possessed under authority of a raptor propagation permit
<br />unless the permittee has a properly completed form 3-186A
<br />(Migratory Bird Acquisition/Disposition Report) for each bird
<br />possessed, except as provided in paragraph (d)(5) of this
<br />section.
<br />(8) Temporary possession. A raptor possessed under
<br />authority of a raptor propagation permit may be temporarily
<br />held by a person other than the permittee only if that
<br />person is otherwise authorized to possess raptors, and
<br />only if the raptor is accompanied at all times by the
<br />properly completed form 3-186A (Migratory Bird Acquisition/
<br />Disposition Report) designating the permittee as the
<br />possessor of record and by a signed, dated statement from
<br />the permittee authorizing the temporary possession.
<br />(9) Safe, purchase, barter. A permittee may not sell,
<br />purchase, barter, or offer to sell, purchase, or barter any
<br />raptor unless the raptor is marked on the metatarsus by a
<br />seamless, numbered band supplied by the Service.
<br />(10) Transferto another. A permittee may not receive or
<br />otherwise acquire from, may not transfer or otherwise
<br />dispose of to, and may not loan to or temporarily place with
<br />another person any raptor unless that person is authorized
<br />to acquire, possess, and dispose of such raptors under a
<br />valid permit issued pursuant to this part and part 13 or as
<br />permitted by regulations in this part.
<br />(11) Use in falconry. A permittee may use a raptor
<br />possessed for propagation in the sport of falconry only if
<br />such use is designated in both the propagation permit and
<br />the permittee's falconry permit.
<br />(12) Interspecifichybridization. Hybridization between
<br />species (interspecific hybridization) is authorized only if
<br />each raptor produced by interspecific hybridization is either
<br />imprinted on humans (hand-raised in isolation from the
<br />sight of other raptors from two weeks of age until it is fully
<br />feathered) or surgically sterilized.
<br />(13) Possession ofdead raptors, non-viable eggs,
<br />nests, and feathers.
<br />(i) Upon the death of any raptor held under permit, a
<br />permittee must remove the marker and immediately return
<br />it to the Director. The carcass must be destroyed
<br />immediately, unless the permittee requests authorization
<br />from the Director to retain possession of it. A permittee who
<br />has obtained written authorization from the Director to
<br />retain possession of the carcass may transfer it to any
<br />other person authorized by the Service to possess it,
<br />provided no money or other consideration is involved.
<br />(ii) A permittee may possess addled or blown eggs,
<br />nests, and feathers from raptors held under permit and may
<br />transfer any of these items to any other person authorized
<br />by the Service to possess them provided no money or other
<br />consideration is involved.
<br />(14) Intentional release to the wild.
<br />(i) A permittee must obtain written authorization from
<br />the Director and the Director of the wildlife conservation
<br />department of the State in which release to the wild is
<br />proposed before intentionally releasing any raptor to the
<br />wild. The raptor marker must be removed from each bird
<br />and immediately returned to the Director. A Federal bird
<br />band must be attached to each raptor by a person
<br />designated by the Director before its release.
<br />(ii) No raptor produced by interspecific hybridization
<br />may be intentionally released to the wild.
<br />(15) Record keeping. A permittee must maintain
<br />complete and accurate records of all operations, to include
<br />the following:
<br />(i) Acquisition of raptors, eggs, or semen from sources
<br />otherthan production.
<br />(A) Description of stock:
<br />(1) Species, sex, age of each (if applicable),
<br />(2) Genotype-natal area (geographical breeding site or
<br />area that captive stock represents, e.g., Colville River,
<br />Alaska; unknown; migrant taken in Maryland, etc.), and
<br />(3) Marker number (if applicable).
<br />(B) Type of stock (including number or amount):
<br />(1) Semen,
<br />(2) Egg, or
<br />(3) Bird.
<br />(C) How acquired:
<br />(1) Purchase, barter, or transfer (include the purchase
<br />price or a description of any other consideration involved),
<br />or
<br />(2) Taken from the wild.
<br />(D) Date acquired: month, day, and year.
<br />(E) From whom orwhere stock acquired:
<br />(1) Name, address, and permit number of seller,
<br />barterer, or transferor; or
<br />(2) Location where stock taken from the wild.
<br />(ii) Disposition of raptors, eggs, or semen.
<br />(A) Description of stock:
<br />(1) Species, sex, age of each (if applicable),
<br />(2) Genotype-natal area (geographical breeding site or
<br />area that captive stock represents, e.g., Colville River,
<br />Alaska; unknown; migrant taken in Maryland, etc.), and
<br />(3) Marker number (if applicable).
<br />(B) Type of stock (including number or amount):
<br />(1) Semen,
<br />(2) Egg, or
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