SUMMIT HILL, PA — It’s going to cost a lot more money if you illegally kill a bald or golden eagle in Pennsylvania.
This week, the Pennsylvania Game Commission increased the fine, hoping to stop the killing altogether.
Currently, if you kill a bald or golden eagle in Pennsylvania, it will cost you about $200. That fine is now going up to $2,500.
“People shouldn’t hurt the bird that represents our country.”
Earlier this year, a man from Lehighton was charged with killing a bald eagle near the Carbon/Schuylkill County line. He pleaded guilty, but with this new fine he would have to pay a lot more money.
“If someone is going to knowingly shoot an adult bald eagle — and there’s no excuse, you can’t misidentify something like that — there probably isn’t any other way to reason with those people other than through the wallet,” said Susan Gallagher, Carbon County Environmental Education Center.
Read more: WNEP
