Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 08:51:34 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gail Frantz Subject: Re: Quail MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit << a friend that raises quail and then releases them >> Forgot to mention another important factor Glenn Therres mentioned. When privately raised birds (or butterflies) are released into the wild there is always the danger they may carry disease which could infect the wild population. Gail Frantz Old Hanover Rd Reisterstown, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================