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“In accordance with a new interpretation of the act issued in April, the department informed its wildlife police that the slaughter ‘of birds resulting from an activity is not prohibited . . . when the underlying purpose of that activity is not to take birds.’”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/09/05/eight-states-are-fighting-trumps-attempt-declaw-migratory-bird-treaty/?utm_term=.07e6517544ce&wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1

Eight states are fighting Trump’s attempt to declaw the Migratory Bird TreatyThe administration would allow individuals and corporations to harm or kill massive numbers of birds, even in a catastrophe such as the BP oil spill, if they can show they didn't actually mean the birds harm.