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Two men killed about 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles, during a “killing spree” on Montana's Flathead Indian Reservation and elsewhere, then...
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) -- Two men killed about 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles, during a "killing spree" on Montana's Flathead Indian Reservation and elsewhere, then sold eagle parts on a black market that has been a long-running problem for U.S. wildlife officials, a federal grand jury indictment says.
Two men killed about 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles, during a “killing spree” on Montana’s Flathead Indian Reservation and elsewhere, then sold eagle parts on a black market that has been a long-running problem for U.S. wildlife officials, a federal grand jury indictment says.
Many reservations are food deserts where prices are high and processed food is often easier to come by than fresh food.
According to an indictment filed Dec. 7 in U.S. District Court in Missoula, two men are charged with unlawful trafficking of bald and golden eagles, hunted and killed on the Flathead Reservation and elsewhere.