Ohio
Ohio man fined, put on probation for killing bald eagle
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — A Tuscarawas County man was sentenced Monday to 1 12 months of probation and fined $4,000 after he pleaded responsible to killing a bald eagle on his farmland.
David Huff, 79, of Dover, additionally should pay $1,500 in restitution to the USA Fish and Wildlife Service, in accordance with the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the Northern District of Ohio. Huff pleaded responsible in June to a violation of the Bald and Golden Eagle Safety Act.
Prosecutors say Huff killed the eagle on Oct. 7, 2021, whereas inspecting his farmland for pests and rodents. He shot the eagle from a distance of about 100 toes, then picked up the useless fowl and tossed it right into a wooded space bordering one in every of his fields.
The Bald and Golden Eagle Safety Act of 1940 prohibits anybody, and not using a allow, from taking pictures bald or golden eagles.
Huff is banned from looking for a five-year interval, and the rifle and ammunition seized by the USA Fish and Wildlife Service shall be destroyed.