MISSOULA, Mont.—A Washington state man accused of helping kill thousands of birds pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to shooting eagles on an American Indian reservation in Montana and selling their feathers and body parts on the black market. Travis John Branson pleaded guilty to conspiracy, wildlife trafficking and two counts of trafficking federally […]
A Washington state man accused of helping kill more than 3,000 birds—including eagles on a Montana Indian reservation—then illegally selling their carcasses and feathers intends to plead guilty to illegal wildlife trafficking and other criminal charges, court documents show. Federal prosecutors say Travis John Branson and others killed about 3,600 birds during a yearslong “killing […]
NEW YORK—The Eagles’ manager once told their authorized biographer that his book wasn’t getting published because of friction from “a pampered rock star,” according to a recording played in court Thursday. “It’s gonna come out when God Henley says it can,” Irving Azoff said in the same years-old phone call, apparently referring to band co-founder […]
BILLINGS, Mont.—A federal judge issued an arrest warrant Monday for a Montana man who failed to show up for an initial court appearance on charges of killing thousands of birds, including bald and golden eagles. A second defendant pleaded not guilty. The two men, working with others, killed about 3,600 birds on Montana’s Flathead Indian […]
Two men have been indicted in Montana for allegedly hunting and killing bald eagles, the once nearly extinct national symbol of the United States, and selling feathers and other parts on the black market. Federal prosecutors allege the two men killed over 3,600 birds, among them an unspecified number of protected bald and golden eagles, […]
In the NFL, we have a Super Bowl rematch between the Chiefs and the Eagles, in Kansas City. The Chiefs may be 7-2, but they really haven’t had their usual, explosive offense this season. I would say it’s from losing Tyreek Hill, but they didn’t have him last season either. They certainly could use more […]
Birdwatchers are flocking to a Massachusetts state park in hopes of getting a glimpse of a rare Steller’s sea eagle—an enormous raptor that is native to eastern Russia and parts of Asia. The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife said in a Facebook post that the bird was first spotted last week along the Taunton […]
MINNEAPOLIS—The New England Patriots band will break up after Super Bowl and they have every intention of going out on a high note when they take on the underdog Philadelphia Eagles in Sunday’s National Football League championship game. Playing in their third Super Bowl in four years the Patriots success could be their dynasty’s demise […]
Can eagles swim? Well, not exactly, but they can paddle their wings to move in the water! This dignified eagle on the video caught an enormous fish with his talons when he was in the middle of a large body of water. But, the eagle quickly found that this large fish was too heavy for […]
The French Air Force is training eagles from a young age to bring down remote-controlled drones when they enter no-go urban airspace. Golden eagles filmed at the air force base in Mont-de-Marsan on Friday (February 10) are getting military training for combat against battery-charged drones that just about anybody can buy in a local store, […]
