
TheDesertWanderer
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TheDesertWanderer
@desertwendigo
My eyes are up here




We need to close the black powder musket loophole



Killing our national symbol to sell on the black market? Not on our watch. A Washington man admitted to killing bald and golden eagles on and around the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana and selling their feathers and body parts on the black market, part of an illegal operation that slaughtered thousands of birds. Since then, a coconspirator in Texas admitted to purchasing those parts and having them shipped to his home. This wasn’t an accidental poaching incident. It was part of an organized, profit driven wildlife crime carried out over years by multiple conspirators. And it was stopped by @USFWS law enforcement and partners, who uncovered the scheme, followed the money, and built the cases that brought these traffickers to justice. This National Police Week, we recognize the law enforcement professionals who protect wildlife and safeguard the public every day. Photo of the feet and feathers of a golden eagle that were seized by USFWS law enforcement. Photo by USFWS
















