https://www.foxnews.com/us/nebraska...ill-bald-eagle-dinner-feds-pass-charging-them
march 6 2023 Nebraska officials say a pair of migrants shot and killed a North American bald eagle - a protected animal and the national emblem of the United States - with the intention of eating the bird.
"Two Honduran nationals, Ramiro Hernandez-Tziquin, 20 and Domingo Zetino-Hernandez, 20, both of Norfolk were cited for unlawful possession of the eagle. Hernandez-Tziquin was also cited for having No Drivers License," the Stanton County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release on Feb. 28.
Stanton County Sheriff Mike Unger said the migrants spoke no English, and their only form of identification was documents from the Honduran consulate,
The migrants were arrested but have since been released. The federal government could have kept the pair in jail, but Unger’s calls to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - which would be the federal agency to bring charges against someone for violating the 1940 Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act - have gone unanswered.
Unger joined "Fox & Friends First" on Monday and said that he has reached out to the feds "numerous times" and has "yet to speak to a human" about the crime.
"Again, people locally that I've talked to are quite upset, and they wish something could be done. And the federal government is the one that really has the authority and the ability to prosecute these gentlemen to the highest degree," Unger said.
