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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.
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 ...
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 baby bald eagle is recovering after being shot three times in northeastern Pennsylvania. ABC 7 The bird of prey had two bullet wounds in her wing and one in her back, the news station reported.
SOUTH BEND — The two bald eagle eggs in the nest at St. Patrick’s County Park have hatched. The first eaglet broke through its egg after 10 a.m. Tuesday morning. The first eaglet broke through ...
The female eagle was incubating two eggs before one broke, wildlife officials said. Bald eagle’s egg breaks in nest, Minnesota photo shows. ‘We have never seen this’
After long being an unofficial symbol, the white head, yellow beak bald eagle became the official U.S. bird on Christmas Eve. President Biden signed 50 bills into law Tuesday. Among them was ...
Within the United States, the golden eagle is legally protected by the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. [4] In the United States, many studies of the effects of industrialization and development have been undertaken by the very companies attempting to develop near areas holding golden eagles, in order to understand and hopefully minimize ...