Beheaded bald eagle found in Louisiana ditch
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Wildlife officials believe a bald eagle was shot and then beheaded in northeast Louisiana, and they are offering a $2,000 reward for information about the crime.
Officials believe the eagle was shot a couple of days before it was found Sunday in a ditch in Franklin Parish.
Capt. Alan Bankston of the Louisiana wildlife agency says the bird's talons, wings and tail feathers were intact.
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It's at least the fifth bald eagle killed this year. Bald eagles have also been shot in Iowa, North Carolina and two were killed in Tennessee.
A conviction for killing or beheading a bald eagle could bring up to a $250,000 fine and two years in prison.
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