Indiana conservation officials need the public's help to find person who fatally shot a bald eagle

Source: CNN

Indiana conservation officials need the public's help to find the person who fatally shot a bald eagle

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Renee Valdes, CNN
Updated 0201 GMT (1001 HKT) December 23, 2019

(CNN) — Indiana conservation officials are asking the public for help finding the person who fatally shot a bald eagle Saturday.

The eagle was found south of the White River near Dixie Highway in Bedford with a gunshot wound, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement said in a Facebook post Sunday. It later died as a result of the injury.

In the post, conservation officers put out a call for tips and asked that anyone with information contact them.

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The bald eagle is the national bird of the United States. Once endangered by hunting, pesticides and lead poisoning, it was removed from endangered animal lists in 2007 but is still protected under federal law, along with state and municipal laws.

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