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The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 668-668d) is a United States federal statute that protects two species of eagle.The bald eagle was chosen as a national emblem of the United States by the Continental Congress of 1782 and was given legal protection by the Bald Eagle Protection Act of 1940.
Some exceptions to the act, including the eagle feather law, are enacted in federal regulations (50 CFR 22), which regulate the taking, possession, and transportation of bald eagles, golden eagles, and their "parts, nests, and eggs" for "scientific, educational, and depredation control purposes; for the religious purposes of American Indian ...
A female bald eagle, found unable to fly March 14 in Dane County, died the next day at a wildlife rehab facility. The bird had been illegally shot. ... wounding or killing an eagle can result in a ...
Bald eagles were considered endangered species until 2007 but are federally protected by the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which prohibits the killing ...
A bill to officially designate the bald eagle as the national bird will head to President Biden’s desk after passage in the House on Monday. ... which prohibit killing, selling or harming bald ...
Habitat destruction and hunting nearly made the birds extinct, prompting Congress to pass the Bald Eagle Protection Act in 1940 that made it illegal to possess, kill or sell bald eagles ...
The prosecution over eagles killed on the Flathead Indian Reservation underscores the persistence of a thriving illegal trade in eagle feathers despite a law enforcement crackdown in the 2010s ...
The eagle feather law has given rise to continuing debate about the criteria for ownership and possession of eagles and eagle parts. Debates have centered on the differences between enrollment in a federally recognized Native American tribe, vs a racial, ethnic or self-identified concept of Indigeneity. Some arguments have centered on non ...