Posted on 06/19/2013 7:34:22 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
Man Rescues Bald Eagle, Could Face Jail Time
An Indiana man was charged this week with the unlawful possession of a bald eagle, which the man says he cared for and rescued from the mud pit in which it was trapped. The former Department of Natural Resources employee, Jeffrey Henry, could face up to 60 days of jail time and a $500 fine as part of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, Yahoo reports:
As reported by WISH News 8, Henry had the bird in his home for 11 hours after several weeks of caring for the sick animal in the wild. The outdoorsman told the station that he noticed the bird a few weeks ago when he was hunting for mushrooms in Putnam County. The eagle was unable to fly, stuck in mud, and hungry, so he fed it fish eventually two times a day. When campers on four-wheelers arrived in the area, Henry suspected the grounded eagle would be in danger.
He said, “I took him a fish out there and as we was leaving, the bird starting following me, and continued to follow me, there’s no way to actually chase him off because he’d turn around and run right back to me. So I put the bird up on my arm and we got in the truck and took him to the house.” Having previously worked for the DNR, Henry knew he was breaking the law saying, “I’m probably going to be in a little bit of trouble, which I understand.” Though Henry believes he made the right choice adding, “I chose to take the punishment over the welfare of the bird.”
Henry said he planned to take the bird, which he named Freedom, to the Indianapolis Zoo.
Eagles and other raptors have faced difficult times under the Obama administration, as clean-energy subsidies fuel wind turbines that can decapitate and injure the birds.
“If the law supposes that,” said Mr. Bumble,… “the law is a ass—a idiot. If that’s the eye of the law, the law is a bachelor; and the worst I wish the law is that his eye may be opened by experience—by experience.”
- CHARLES DICKENS, Oliver Twist
No good deed goes unpunished!
I guess he forgot that he now lives in the new USSA.
It is ok for Green windmills kill thousands ...
During the Bill Clinton days Hillary visited somewhere near an Indian Reservation. Some supporter gave her a “Dream Catcher” —a Native American artifact. It included a decorative EAGLE feather. ONE feather.
They PROSECUTED HER...! A felony.
It was a big story about 12 years ago, I recall.
The American Spectator did a big piece on it.
Keep an eye on this one...might be one of those Tea Party radicals.
Yeah, he should have tossed the eagle into the nearest windmill.
All animals are equal. Some are more equal than others.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/14/wyoming-native-american-tribe-gets-rare-permit-to-kill-bald-eagles/
Wyoming Native American tribe gets rare permit to kill bald eagles
Published March 14, 2012 /
Associated Press
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has taken the unusual step of issuing a permit allowing an American Indian tribe in Wyoming to kill two bald eagles for religious purposes...
I’d love to know how this turns out, to see if he is given more leeway than the kid with the half eaten pop-tart.
Henry said he planned to take the bird, which he named Freedom, to the Indianapolis Zoo.
I believe I've spotted the problem, folks. If he'd named the eagle "Obedient State Serf," his offense would have been overlooked.
Considering what is going on in this country lately, including stories like this, a better name for the bird would be "Serfdom".
Did the eagle look like a gun?
He should have called wildlife officials who would have properly euthanized it. /sarc /spit
Welcome to the transformed America Are we there yet?
I know the NSA is listening but I shall throw caution to the wind.
Good job Mr. Henry, I thank you for helping to save this animal.
No mere human may touch the king’s property.
A technical violation, no matter the intent and even outcome, so off with his head. Last time he tries doing good to an eagle in distress, I bet.
So he violated the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act by protecting a bald eagle?
he was charged with aiding and abetting
DemocRATS claim they can talk to animals. Maybe they should ask the Bald Eagle how he feels about this whole fiasco.
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