Sorry if this is not appropriate. I copy and pasted from the Greeley Tribune.
On the night of May 9, a landowner in central Weld County spotted a bald eagle perched on the ground in a pasture about 60 yards from his home. The next morning, he discovered that the eagle was dead on the same spot, about one mile east of Milton Reservoir. Colorado Parks and Wildlife is asking for the public's help in investigating the incident. Anyone who might be able to contribute information is asked to call the CPW's Fort Collins Service Center at (970) 472-4300 or the Operation Game Thief Hotline at (877) 265-6648. CPW reports that a May 15 necropsy on the carcass at the organization's health lab determined that the eagle had been shot across the lower abdomen and suffered a broken tibia, a liver fracture and the pooling of blood in its abdomen. The eagle likely didn't die immediately, the CPW said, adding that internal hemorrhages and other damage led to death within 24 to 48 hours of the eagle being shot. A bullet and the eagle's carcass have been retained as evidence. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/7d01861b-b2b1-48f9-9ce2-cbd3c4da962d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
