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Bird Litigation: Eagle Tails and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act

10,000 Birds

Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) met Defendants Crooked Arm and Shane in Montana, as part of “Operation Hanging Rock,” an investigation into the unlawful sale of migratory bird feathers. He likes to hunt.” The facts are colorful and illuminating. Shane told her that Crooked Arm “has got some made, beaded and everything.

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