BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 9, 2020
Rick Levasseur, who retired last year from the BDN, was walking down the 11th fairway of a local golf course a couple weeks back, when his cellphone rang. Warden Kevin Anderson “asked if I had ever sold a stuffed duck to [a local] pawn shop.” “When I said yes, he told me it was against both state and federal law and considered a felony to sell or trade migratory birds. It is legal to sell a stuffed bear, deer head and several other animals but not migratory birds.” Levasseur drove to the pawn shop and “gave him his money back, since he shouldn’t pay for my mistake.” The pawnbroker is waiting for the warden to come take the duck and donate it to a museum. Levasseur decided to share his story, hoping he could help someone else avoid making the same kind of mistake.