2 men killed and planned to eat a bald eagle in Nebraska, officials say

Two males are going through felony prices, accused of taking pictures and killing a bald eagle close to Stanton, Nebraska, on Tuesday, that authorities mentioned that they had 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 car in a discipline 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 lifeless North American Bald Eagle.

“Additional investigation revealed that the 2 had shot and killed the protected nationwide fowl in that space and acknowledged they deliberate on cooking and consuming the fowl,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.

The Nebraska Sport and Parks Fee seized the rifle used to kill the eagle, and in addition took custody of the eagle’s physique, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned. 

Bald eagles are protected below 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 severe prices are potential because the investigation continues.