Four Bald Eagles Slaughtered

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GRANITE FALLS, Wash. -- Investigators increased the reward Thursday to $13,750 in the case of four bald eagles shot dead outside of Granite Falls.

The birds - three adults and one juvenile - were found last week floating in a lake on private property, said Sgt. Jennifer Maurstad with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. A wildlife officer kayaking on the lake for work spotted the birds and reported them.

"Normally when eagles are poached, it's for financial reasons, because their feathers and talons are worth money," Maurstad said, "but in this case, they were just left for dead."

--If you can watch, there is a video of the news story in the link.

On a good note, The State wildlife Office, Humane Society, a local native tribe and Conversation Northwest, have all put up reward money. That is a LOT of people on the look out.

How awful is this? Just killed them to kill. Someone really must hate America.
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Last Edited by deanoZXT on 01/18/2013 02:16 PM