Nebraska sheriff stunned that migrants allegedly kill bald eagle for lunch, but the feds don’t charge them

Nebraska authorities say migrant couple shot northerner dead The American bald eagle is a protected animal and the national emblem of the United States – with the intent to eat the bird.

“Two citizens of Honduras, Ramiro Hernandez-Zikin, 20, and Domingo Zetino-Hernandez, 20, both from Norfolk, have been prosecuted for illegal possession of an eagle. in a press release dated February 28.

The sheriff’s office said officials responded last Tuesday to a report of a suspicious vehicle in an area near Wood Duck Recreation Area, which is about 100 miles northeast of Omaha. Authorities located the car and found two suspects with a dead bald eagle. According to the sheriff’s press release, the couple planned to cook and eat the bird.

Stanton County Sheriff Mike Unger said the migrants did not speak English and their only form of identification was documents from the Honduran consulate, according to the Washington Free Beacon.

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A bald eagle drinks from a water source.

A bald eagle drinks from a water source. (Photo by Valerio Ferraro/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

“I’m trying to be as politically correct as possible when I say this, but I don’t know what third world country they’re from, but it must have been pretty bad,” Unger told the publication. He added that his agency would not release photographs of the dead bird because such photographs are “very graphic” and show “a lot of blood.”

The migrants were arrested but subsequently released. The federal government could have kept the couple in jail, but Unger’s appeals to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which was supposed to be the federal agency to charge anyone for violating the 1940 Baldhead and Golden Eagle Protection Act, went unanswered.

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“I am very disappointed with the federal government,” Unger told Free Beacon.

Stanton County Sheriff Mike Unger appears on Fox & Friends first.

Stanton County Sheriff Mike Unger appears on Fox & Friends First. (FOX NEWS)

Unger joined Fox & Friends First on Monday and said he’s reached out to the feds “many times” and “hasn’t spoken to a person yet” about the crime.

“We cited them for a simple misdemeanor in Nebraska, and this is the most we can do,” the sheriff added. “They should appear on April 25.”

Meanwhile, according to the sheriff, residents of the Nebraska area considered the incident “very disturbing.”

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In this photo taken on January 28, 2016, a bald eagle holds a fish from the Howe River below Jordan Lake in Moncourt, North Carolina.  Lake Jordan, a 14,000-acre reservoir in the State Triangle, is home to a dozen or more breeding pairs of bald eagles.  Many miles of coastline create the perfect habitat for a national icon.

In this photo taken on January 28, 2016, a bald eagle holds a fish from the Howe River below Jordan Lake in Moncourt, North Carolina. Lake Jordan, a 14,000-acre reservoir in the State Triangle, is home to a dozen or more breeding pairs of bald eagles. Many miles of coastline create the perfect habitat for a national icon. (AP Photo/Jerry Broom)

“Again, the local people I spoke to are very upset and want something to be done. And the federal government is the one that really has the power and ability to prosecute these gentlemen to the highest degree,” Unger said. .

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