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Virginia Man Fined for Killing Protected Birds Using Illegal Poison

A Virginia man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to killing multiple birds of prey, including a federally protected bald eagle. According to WTOP’s Kate Ryan, William Custis Smith of Hallwood used a banned neurotoxin to poison raptors near a waterfowl area he built to attract ducks for hunting. Investigators from the Virginia Department of […]

A Virginia man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to killing multiple birds of prey, including a federally protected bald eagle. According to WTOP’s Kate Ryan, William Custis Smith of Hallwood used a banned neurotoxin to poison raptors near a waterfowl area he built to attract ducks for hunting. Investigators from the Virginia Department of […]