Two Men Hunted and Killed a Bald Eagle in Nebraska, Sheriff Says
Two men were charged with misdemeanors on Wednesday after they entered a private property in Nebraska, found a bald eagle perched on a tree and shot it at close range before hauling the large protected bird in their vehicle with the intent to eat it later, the authorities said.
The men, Ramiro Hernandez-Tziquin and Domingo Zetino-Hernandez, both 20, were charged with unlawful possession of an eagle, according to the Stanton County Sheriff’s Office. Though they apparently might not have known they had killed a bald eagle, the men, who are originally from Honduras and do not speak English, could face additional federal charges as officials investigate, the authorities said.
Mr. Hernandez-Tziquin and Mr. Zetino-Hernandez, who live in Norfolk, Neb., could not be reached on Wednesday night, and it was not immediately clear if they had lawyers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/01/us/bald-eagle-nebraska-hunted.html