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APRIL 17, 2013

The USFWS conducted an environmental assessment to ensure that southwestern Golden Eagle populations wouldn’t be threatened by the practice, and attempted to reach a solution that would satisfy both tribes. The ruling is important because as recently as three years ago, several Hopi were prosecuted for illegally killing eagles.

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Eagles Bald Eagle illegal Killing 231

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JUNE 1, 2011

It’s illegal to raise wild birds (even orphaned ones) without state and federal permits. Young raptors like the above Bald Eagle chick are a different matter. If you find a young hawk or eagle out of the nest and it is covered in down and is unable to stand on its huge feet, it needs to get back in the nest.

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DECEMBER 4, 2015

In a recent case involving my own facility, an immature bald eagle was hit by a car. People passed the eagle often. Rehabilitators also cooperate with law enforcement on illegal activity, and even monitor emerging diseases in avian species. He lay in a ditch with a spinal injury, unable to move.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Rescue Wildlife 190

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JUNE 13, 2017

The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) recently filed a lawsuit against the federal government arguing that a planned wind turbine near the famed birding hotspot of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge is illegal. There are nesting Bald Eagles in the area as well.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Crooked Arm later emailed photographs of a bald eagle fan and a winter hawk tail to one of the agents, and asked if the hawk tail—which he planned to use for the agent’s fan—was acceptable. Shane also agreed to cooperate, and he conceded that he knew it was illegal to sell hawk and eagle parts. Arm , 788 F.3d

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