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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 Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, which was enacted in 1940, made it illegal to "take, possess, sell, purchase, barter, offer to sell, purchase or barter, transport, export or import, at ...
The Eagle Protection Act, by its express terms, made it a federal offense to hunt bald or golden eagles anywhere within the United States unless provided a permit by the Secretary of the Interior. The Endangered Species Act also imposed strict sanctions on the hunting of species such as the bald eagle that have been listed as endangered or ...
Two men killed about 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles, during a “killing spree” on Montana's Flathead Indian Reservation and elsewhere, then sold eagle parts on a black market ...
Federal prosecutors in Montana charged two men over allegations the pair killed an estimated 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles, as part of a “killing spree” before selling the ...
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 ...
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 ...
On August 21, 2016, the Fifth Circuit held that the Department of the Interior had failed to show that a regulation preventing possession of bald and golden eagle feathers was the least restrictive means of furthering an asserted governmental interest and did not violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). [20]