USA: Recreational hunters hunted protected eagle to eat
Two men in Nebraska were cited after hunting and killing a bald eagle, as reported by the Stanton County Sheriff's Office.
Bald eagle in the trunk
2 men hunted and killed a bald eagle in Nebraska. They stated that they intended to cook and eat the bird . The bald eagle is protected under federal law.
When officers wanted to see the “vulture,” the men opened the trunk and revealed a dead bald eagle.
Comeback after DDT ban
The bald eagle population declined significantly in the 20th century due to recreational hunting, habitat loss, and the insecticide DDT. Thanks to conservation efforts, the species has made a remarkable comeback. More on the topics of species conservation and crime and hunting.
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: In our dossiers on the criticism of recreational hunting gather fact-checks, analyses and background reports. The scientific evidence is presented in the overview Studies on the Effects of Recreational Hunting.
The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
