Non-Eagle Feather Repository

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Authority to authorize take of eagles is derived from the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-712) and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (hereafter Eagle Act; 16 U.S.C. 668-668d). The Eagle Act further specifies that take of eagles may only be authorized after a finding that the take is compatible with the preservation of the bald eagle or the golden eagle. Through regulations in part 22 of title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), the Service issues eagle take permits for several specific purposes, including scientific or Tribal religious purposes and preventing depredations on livestock and collisions with airplanes near airports. However, the majority of permits the Service issues to authorize take of eagles are for incidental take; that is, take that is associated with, but not the purpose of, a human activity (50 CFR 22.26). The definition of “take” under the Eagle Act includes “pursue, shoot, shoot at, poison, wound, kill, capture, trap, collect, destroy, molest, or disturb” (16 U.S.C. 668c; 50 CFR 22.3). So managed bout the same as illegal entry into the country

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Simon Paul and Travis John Branson slayed about 3,600 birds and sold the entire carcasses or portions of them for large sums of cash on the black market, federal prosecutors wrote in an indictment filed Dec. 7. The men were charged with one count of conspiracy, 13 counts of unlawful trafficking and one count of violating the Lacey Act, a federal law that combats illegal trafficking of wildlife, fish or plants, according to court records. Federal prosecutors said Branson would travel from Washington to the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana.

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I hope they appreciate what you do risking your life to save eagles,,on a dangerous reservation,you have balls

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I am more afraid than I let on, but if one child gets to see a wild eagle in the future, it was worth it.

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The reservation is currently experiencing high rates of murder, suicide, drug offenses, robbery, rape, aggravated assault, burglary and missing and murdered Indigenous women, according to tribal officials.