NPR reports
Two men face federal charges for their part in hunting and killing about 3,600 birds, including bald eagles, in Montana.
Travis John Branson and Simon Paul allegedly sold the eagles on the black market for significant sums of cash, according to court documents.
According to the documents filed last week in U.S. Court for the District of Montana, prosecutors uncovered messages from Branson and others telling buyers he was “on a killing spree” of eagles in order to obtain tail feathers for future sales.
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