Commons:Valued image candidates/Sula nebouxii MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.45.10.jpg

Sula nebouxii MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.45.10.jpg

promoted

Image
Nominated by	Ercé (talk) on 2019-01-08 07:26 (UTC)
Scope	Nominated as the most valued image on Commons within the scope: Sula nebouxii eggs (blue-footed booby) egg
Used in	Global usage
Review (criteria)	Question This egg appears to have been collected in 1980. Was it not illegal, or perhaps special permission was granted? Egg-collecting has been illegal in the UK since 1954! Charles (talk) 17:06, 8 January 2019 (UTC)  Question As far as I can see, the egg was collected at Galapagos, not in the UK. Why an egg, collected in Ecuador and deposited in a french Museum contravenes English law? --Llez (talk) 21:54, 11 January 2019 (UTC)  Support Useful & used --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 06:12, 12 January 2019 (UTC)  Oppose Just until we have response from Archaeodontosaurus. I didn't make myself clear, sorry. I was using the UK as an example only. I am trying to establish the law in Ecuador (if any) that was in force on the collection date. If there was a law, then we need proof of the permission granted for collection for scientific purposes, permission to export and possibly permission to import into France. The Museum will obviously have all this documentation and should be prepared to share it. It will establish a process for future VI egg nominations for others. Charles (talk) 10:00, 12 January 2019 (UTC) Each egg is a special case. There are 15000 eggs. The majority of eggs can no longer be harvested today without authorization. Hence the interest of public collections. This request is irealistic.--Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 18:43, 13 January 2019 (UTC) I'm not going to fight about it, because I trust you, but I think my request is a reasonable one. These days, the provenance of collections in museums is rightly under much greater scrutiny and museums should be transparent. It would be sad if it emerged that some eggs were collected illicitly in the Galapagos in the 1980s. You might have to destroy part of the collection. --Charles (talk) 10:09, 14 January 2019 (UTC)