Farmer May Face Federal Prison After Accidentally Killing Bald Eagles With Contaminated Meat

The Buffalo News
Jul. 25, 2015

A Niagara County produce farmer faces up to a year in federal prison and a $100,000 fine for inadvertently killing three juvenile bald eagles on his farm, federal authorities reported Friday.

Kirk Canfield, 54, of Wilson, admitted to violating the federal Bald and Gold Eagle Protection Act when he mixed an insecticide – Golden Malrin fly bait – in a pile of meat last August in an attempt to kill coyotes on his farm, according to U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr.

In a statement, Hochul said Canfield put the tainted meat supply at the edge of a cornfield on his farm but it was consumed by three bald eagles, which died. The eagles were photographed last Aug. 22 by an ATV rider who discovered their carcasses “in the immediate vicinity of the contaminated meat pile,” authorities reported.

Canfield carted away the bodies of the eagles and the meat pile sometime later, according to federal officials.

“By placing the contaminated meat pile on his field, the defendant acted with wanton disregard for the consequences of his act,” according to a statement by Hochul’s office.

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