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Texas man sentenced in connection to illegal eagle hunting on Flathead Indian Reservation

Texas man sentenced in connection to illegal eagle hunting on Flathead Indian Reservation

MISSOULA, Mont. – A 71-year-old Texas man was sentenced to 5 years of probation and $77,500 in fines after he pleaded guilty to trafficking bald and golden eagles from the Flathead Indian Reservation. The Montana U.S. Attorney’s Office said the man was a buyer on the

'Happy tears': Rescued bald eagle returns to the wild in Belgrade

After 10 weeks of intensive care, Montana Raptor Conservation Center director of rehabilitation Becky Kean watched a female bald eagle return to the sky March 20 — released to the wild on the same Belgrade property where the bird was found clinging to life in January. “After 70 days of watching