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SECTION 11-1001
Definitions
Environmental Conservation (ENV) CHAPTER 43-B, ARTICLE 11, TITLE 10
§ 11-1001. Definitions.

(1) "Raptors" means all species of the orders Strigiformes and
Falconiformes and shall include but not be limited to falcons, hawks,
owls and eagles except the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetor) and bald
eagle (Haliaetus leucocephalus) and all birds listed as endangered or
threatened pursuant to section 11-0535 of this article. However,
properly banded peregrine falcons which are the progeny of birds
lawfully acquired prior to 1978 are raptors within the meaning of this
section. (2) "Falconry" means the sport of hunting by the use of trained
raptors and includes the training, feeding and handling of such birds
and their recapture after being released for hunting or training.