Man who killed eagles on a Native American reservation gets nearly 4 years in prison

The exterior of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's ºÃÉ«tv Eagle Repository is seen in Commerce City, Colo., on March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Washington state man who authorities said killed at least 118 eagles as part of a wildlife trafficking ring that operated on a Native American reservation in Montana was sentenced Thursday to three years and 10 months in prison, and must pay more than $777,000 in restitution.

The trafficking ring over more than a decade sold eagle feathers and parts on a among tribal members who use them in powwows and other ceremonies. The defendant and others killed at least 107 hawks and as many as 3,600 birds overall, prosecutors said.

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