Alleged Killer of Beloved Pennsylvania Bald Eagle Turns Self in — as ‘Devastated’ Residents Demand Answers

New York Post ^ | July 8, 2023 | Rich Calder

[nickcarraway]

A Pennsylvania poacher who allegedly killed a Pittsburgh suburb’s beloved bald eagle later turned themselves in — but locals are fuming at the lack of information on the suspect from authorities.

“The killing of our beloved eagle had a major impact on the entire community,” Cherry Valley Lakeview Estates resident Linda Carnevali told The Post Saturday.

“We cannot fathom why anyone would want to harm our eagles and take it to the extreme of killing one.” The eagle, who Carnevali and her husband Raymond called “Sam” after the popular character “Sam the Eagle” in Disney’s Muppet Vision 3D, was allegedly shot to death in May near the Cherry Valley Dam, nearly 30 miles southwest of Pittsburgh.

[rustyboots]

Weeks after the killing, no name, no description and still under investigation? He turned himself in and “confessed”? And not too far from Pittsburgh. Could we be looking at a protected subclass of citizen??

[jdsteel]

I see there is an “h” being held in captivity….

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