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Monday, December 23, 2019
Someone shot and killed a bald eagle, and officials are searching for the culprit. (WaPo)
Swift investigation, prosecuting and trial required. We caught one bald eagle nest destroyer, PIERRE THOMPSON, the late grandson of the founder of the St. Augustine Record, and he was prosecuted in the case of United States of America v. Thompson Bros. Realty. After public outcry at desuetude of law enforcement under President George W. Bush, the United States Attorney prosecuted and won a settlement providing for payment of some $300,000 and 16 acres of land, adjoining Fish Island, which is now a park thanks to the well-organized effort to save Fish Island.
I was impressed that FWS criminal investigators and city, state and county officials all agreed on the facts giving rise to the criminal prosecution, but that our U.S. Attorney's office needed a spinal and testicular implant.
Don't mess with our bald eagles here in St. Johns County, where we have some 40 nesting pairs.
Read more on laws and regulations protecting bald eagles. Watch out for consultants who are hired by corporations to prevaricate, possibly perjurioussly, about bald eagles, as sometimes evidently occurs in hearings here. We're watching, Ryan Carter.
Someone shot and killed a bald eagle, and officials are searching for the culprit
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An eagle was shot and killed in Lawrence County, Ind., on Dec. 20. (An eagle was shot and killed in Lawrence County, Ind., on Dec. 20. Photo courtesy of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources)
A bald eagle was shot and killed in southern Indiana over the weekend, and authorities are seeking the public’s help to find the person who pulled the trigger.
The national bird of the United States since 1782, the bald eagle is no longer endangered but is still legally protected under three different federal acts. Violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act could lead to a felony conviction that carries a maximum fine of $250,000 and two years in prison.
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said an award is available for information that leads to the arrest of the person who killed the bald eagle. It was found alive with a gunshot wound on Dec. 20 on the south side of the White River near Dixie Highway in Lawrence County, which is located in the south central region of the state. The bald eagle later died from the wound.
In a Facebook post, the Indiana DNR asked anyone with information about the bird’s death to contact Indiana Conservation Officers’ Central Dispatch at 812-837-9536 or their anonymous tip line at 1-800-TIPIDNR.
The post did not indicate how old the bald eagle was. The birds can live up to 38 years in the wild and can fly up to 100 miles per hour when diving for prey, according to the Indiana DNR. Bald eagles nested in Indiana before the 1890s and were introduced into the state a century later.
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