On Tuesday in Nebraska, Stanton County Sheriff’s office responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle near a public recreation area. The vehicle was found in connection with two 20-year-old Honduran nationals in possession of a dead bald eagle. The sheriff’s office said, “…the two had shot and killed the protected national bird in that area and stated they planned on cooking and eating the bird.†Killing a bald eagle is a violation of the federal Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act punishable by as much as a year in prison and a $100,000 fine. Stanton County Sheriff Mike Unger told ‘Fox & Friends’ that he cannot reach anyone in the federal government to help move this case forward and he is “very frustrated.”
