Two males are going through legal prices, accused of taking pictures and killing a bald eagle close to Stanton, Nebraska, on Tuesday, that authorities mentioned they'd deliberate to prepare dinner and eat.
The 2 suspects, recognized as Honduran nationals Ramiro Hernandez-Tziquin and Domingo Zetino-Hernandez, each age 20, had been charged with illegal possession of an eagle, the Stanton County Sheriff's Workplace reported in a information launch Tuesday. Hernandez-Tziquin was additionally cited for not having a driver's license.
At about 4 p.m. native time Tuesday, deputies responded to a report of a automobile in a area northwest of the Wooden Duck Recreation Space, about three miles from Stanton, the sheriff's workplace mentioned, the place they made contact with the 2 males, and located them with a useless North American Bald Eagle.
"Additional investigation revealed that the 2 had shot and killed the protected nationwide chook in that space and said they deliberate on cooking and consuming the chook," the sheriff's workplace mentioned.
The Nebraska Recreation and Parks Fee seized the rifle used to kill the eagle, and likewise took custody of the eagle's physique, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.
Bald eagles are protected underneath the Bald and Golden Eagle Safety Act of 1940, which prohibits anybody, with out a allow issued by the Secretary of the Inside, from taking pictures or killing them, together with their components, nests, or eggs.
The sheriff's workplace mentioned extra critical prices are doable because the investigation continues.