The U.S. taxpayers are on the hook for the legal bills of a multi-millionaire NFL player’s dad, who has been charged with killing a federally protected bald eagle.
The player’s father is scheduled to undergo arraignment on Tuesday. He could face a maximum of a year in jail and a $5,000 fine if convicted.
The eagle that Thomas allegedly gunned down was part of a nesting pair that had just welcomed a pair of hatchlings into the world, according to locals who had followed the pair. The two had been documented as nesting in the area for nearly 20 years. Bald eagles, which reportedly mate for life, are federally protected, and serious consequences await anyone who might be caught killing one.
The eagle population has rebounded in the Keystone State since 1980, when only three mated pairs were known to exist. Today, thanks to the protections put in place, there are more than 300 pairs.
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