men-charged-with-killing-3600-birds-including-bald-and-golden-eagles-to-sell-on-black-market-12-14-2023-221429421

Full story and update video.

https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/men-charged-with-killing-3600-birds-including-bald-and-golden-eagles-to-sell-on-black-market-12-14-2 [login to see] 21

from video update from 14 December: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUpMFB-eUkk

"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.

The men worked with others to hunt and kill the birds, according to the indictment, and in at least one instance used a dead deer to lure in an eagle that was shot. The two defendants conspired with others who weren't named to sell eagle feathers, tails, wings and other parts for “significant sums of cash” across the United States and elsewhere, the indictment said."