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Bald eagle found dead after neighbor reports gunshot, Missouri officials say A bald eagle was found dead in Missouri, officials said. Now, the state’s Department of Conservation is searching for its killer. The bald eagle had a gunshot wound from a rifle when it was discovered south of Salem, Missouri, on Jan. 18, officials said. Missouri Department of Conservation officials said there is a reward for the person who provides information that leads to an arrest, according to a Facebook post from the department. Under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, it is a federal offense to shoot a bald eagle, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services. Violators face up to a $100,000 fine and one year in prison, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services said. Bald eagles were on the endangered species list for 29 years. U.S. Fish and Wildlife services removed them from the list in 2007 after conservation efforts, according to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute. American Military NewsWouldn't be surprised if there are state level charges associated with this, just to raise the price of poker. But you do get to make the national news, so there is that.
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It doesn’t cost that much if you’re a native. 😕
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they should be giving out tags for the damned things
The government plans these shootings by targeting kids from kindergarten that the government thinks they can control with drugs until the appropriate time--DerbyDude
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There was a big investigation here a number of years ago after some a**hole cut down a tree with an eagle's nest, killing the fledglings in it. I never heard if they caught the culprit.
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they should be giving out tags for the damned things 100%
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Not much to shoot one. Getting caught is where it gets expensive.
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they should be giving out tags for the damned things Guy down the road from me used to raise sheep and goats. He lost 17 young goats one afternoon. They couldn't fly off with them so they just kept killing them. That morning I drove by and 2 bald eagles were perched in a dead oak tree just across the road from the goats. I'm fairly certain those eagles did the killing. He was too. I'm sure he feels as you do. On another note. A friend of mine started elk hunting in 1960 and he says there was a bounty on golden eagles at that time in Colorado.
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They need controlling like just about most creatures and humans.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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they should be giving out tags for the damned things Guy down the road from me used to raise sheep and goats. He lost 17 young goats one afternoon. They couldn't fly off with them so they just kept killing them. That morning I drove by and 2 bald eagles were perched in a dead oak tree just across the road from the goats. I'm fairly certain those eagles did the killing. He was too. I'm sure he feels as you do. On another note. A friend of mine started elk hunting in 1960 and he says there was a bounty on golden eagles at that time in Colorado. Goldens are worse. I actually saw a pair in the act of killing an antelope doe. I’m sure young sheep, goats, or even very young unprotected calves would be on the menu for Goldens. I’ve always seen balds scavaging, I’m sure they kill as well. Osky
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It cost me about $4000 or so but I use a camera, not a gun.
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A pair of bald eagles decided to take up residence on a large pond that was owned by an Amish farmer. It was on my mail route, and I'd see them every day when I went by. They apparently caught some of the farmers chickens, and he contacted the game warden about it. The GW told him that if he so much as harmed a feather on an eagle, that he'd see to it that it cost him his farm. I was talking to the Amish guy one day about it, and I asked him if he'd ever heard of SSS. He said he hadn't, and I told him he needed to.
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Neighbor had his chickens cleaned out by a pair feeding their young ,would just fly by and grab one and never slow down .
there is no man more free than he who has nothing left to lose --unknown-- " If it bleeds we can kill it" Conan The Barbarian
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Bald eagle found dead after neighbor reports gunshot, Missouri officials say So people there call in every time they hear a gunshot? If that was here, the cops would be so busy checking out gunshots that they'd never get any real work done.
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Soooo, If I got 200,000$ I can shoot 2?
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Throw the book at that scum.
Is nothing sacred?
Natives consider them sacred and do not kill them to collect the feathers.
Being Missouri, dude probably thought it was a turkey.
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I’ve got several hanging around. Not even allowed to cuss them out with a raised voice. SMH.
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Throw the book at that scum.
Is nothing sacred?
Natives consider them sacred and do not kill them to collect the feathers.
Being Missouri, dude probably thought it was a turkey. sacred? Sacred when they rape and pillage so to speak. Their numbers need to be controlled just like other animals in the wild. Like lots of other animals I want to continue to see them as long as they last. But the population needs controlling for sure.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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They need controlling like just about most creatures and humans. +1
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Another sad case of the government passing laws with no sunset clause - wild horses, marine mammals, etc. They never include a means to stop protecting them when they've reached recovery levels. Numbers keep building up forever.
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