Black market fuels slaughter of eagles for cherished parts

[NVMojo]

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - (KRT) - Amy Marie George just couldn't catch her breath.

She had walked this short trail near her house hundreds of times, but on this afternoon in February she had to send her grandchildren ahead to get an old asthma inhaler she hadn't used in more than a year.

"I heard my granddaughter say, `There's an eagle here,'" recalled George, an elder with the Tsleil-Waututh (SLAY wa-tuth) Nation. "I got such a bad feeling."

Then her grandson Jonas called out. "There's one here!

"And another one here!"

In all, there were 14 dead eagles strewn about the dirt. And it was no accident.

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http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/nation/12301438.htm

[CountAllVotes]

1. removed from endangered species list

The American bald eagle that is ...

This should have never been allowed. Soon they will all be gone. Thanks a lot pouchers!

:kick:

[HuckleB]

2. Sadness all around. (I'm nominating this for the greatest threads page.)

:(

[Zorra]

3. Sad. It is a poor and uncomprehending spirit that feels the need to buy

eagle feathers from someone that kills eagles for profit.

[HuckleB]

4. Kick.

[MisterP]

5. " 'flying $1,000 bills' "

what an utter shame: the world is not here for our idle entertainment or quick buck

[livinginphotographs]

6. Exactly.

n/t

[frictionlessO]

7. I'd rather have those eagles still flying than those poachers breathing.

People like that make it so easy to value other species more highly than humans.