Clark County man charged with shooting, killing bald eagle with shotgun

A 66-year-old Brush Prairie, Clark County resident was charged Tuesday with violating federal law by allegedly shooting and killing a bald eagle with a shotgun.

Benjamin G. Allen is accused of shooting and killing the bald eagle with a shotgun on Feb. 5. Allen has been summoned to appear in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Sept. 8, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced.

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officers were called to a property in Brush Prairie about a dead eagle with blood on its head, according to records in the case…

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