For various reasons, the Council of Agriculture, which is in charge of wildlife conservation, had no choice but to temporarily declare birds of prey protected species when the Wildlife Conservation tow was passed in 1989, thus in theory banning their capture or sale.
種種原因，都使得主管保育工作的農委會不得不在七十八年保育法通過後，暫時將猛禽類列為保護，禁止捕捉、販賣。