Simon Paul and Travis John Branson were indicted for allegedly gunning down thousands of birds, including eagles protected by federal law, over the course of several years.
A grand jury indicted two men on charges of going on a yearslong “killing spree” of federally protected eagles and selling “this country’s national symbol” on the black market, court documents revealed.
Simon Paul and Travis John Branson were each charged last week with one count of alleged conspiracy and 13 counts of violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.
Federal prosecutors said they have messages from Branson stating that he was “committing felonies” and “telling buyers he was ‘on a killing spree’ to obtain eagle tail feathers for future sales.”
Branson would travel from Washington state to the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana to meet up with Paul who’d “help kill, transport and ship bald and golden eagles for future sales on the black market,” according to the indictment.
It’s not enough to destroy the earth. The ruling class needs hunting trophies of the species they’re driving extinct.
Our world is ruled by evil sociopaths. That’s the unifying theory that explains everything. Ruthless sociopaths with infinite money have declared war on the planet and everything that lives here.
“So you see, that is why Evil will always triumph: because Good is dumb.”
The ruling class needs hunting trophies of the species they’re driving extinct.
Bald Eagles are not endangered.
Niether are filthy rich sociopaths. Maybe we should do something about that.
What do the filthy rich have to do with this?
Who do you think is paying these chucklefucks to murder birds? It’s not poor people with no money…
Some people have zero respect for their own lives, and by extension, any living thing. Money insidiously affects all, whether you’re a have or a have not.
We must try our best to nurture and understand our world instead of “conquering” it.
Bald Eagles are pests in some of Alaska. They violated the law and so are poachers, but how is this ethically different from working at a slaughterhouse?
Give them The Promethean Punishment. Expose their livers, and let the birds have at it.
Persians have you beat:
It ostensibly entailed trapping the victim between two boats, feeding and covering them with milk and honey, and allowing them to fester and be devoured by insects and other vermin over time.
Jfc.
Glad they were charged. So many birds died.
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Another day of “prosecutor uses inflammatory words to help newspapers write headlines”. It’s not a “killing spree”, it’s just poaching. They are normal poachers, not serial killers.
Another day of prosecution using the defendant’s words against them. Did you read the article? They literally said that in text messages
Federal prosecutors said they have messages from Branson stating that he was “committing felonies” and “telling buyers he was ‘on a killing spree’ to obtain eagle tail feathers for future sales.”
It doesn’t really say the context though. And, again, it doesn’t matter if they believe it themselves. I’m not defending them. I’m saying this is no different from other poachers, and describing it as a killing spree when it went on over years is clickbait. Regardless of if they said it or not.
I think you just lack the humility to admit fault
I admit I didn’t read that, but I also think it’s ridiculous that just because they at some point texted that, that it somehow makes it an accurate description.
Accurate or not, it’s useful for the prosecution.
It shows they knew what they were doing was wrong but kept doing it.I mean what else would you call killing 3000 birds? That’s an insane amount.
Killing one protected animal makes you a poacher, killing THOUSANDS over years for no valid reason certainly counts as serial killer behavior.
I mean over 3k birds sounds like a spree of killing sprees to me. The headline says birds, so there’s no chance of confusion that it means people. They are poachers who went on a series of bird killing sprees.
spree
/sprē/
noun
a spell or sustained period of unrestrained activity of a particular kind.
Unless you dispute the word ‘killing,’ which I would also be happy to define for you, I’m pretty sure ‘killing spree’ is the correct description
