On May 20,the attorney of Log Creek Properties, Limited Liability Company (LLC), Indianapolis, Indiana, entered a plea of guilty on behalf of the corporation in U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, for a violation of the federal Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. Log Creek Properties, LLC paid a $15,000 criminal penalty and $125 special assessment to the Court for illegally distributing the highly toxic pesticide, Carbofuran, resulting in the deaths of an adult bald eagle and other wildlife.
On January 30, 2004, special agents from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, along with
Carbofuran is sold under the brand name of Furadan. Furadan is a restricted use agricultural pesticide developedto control insects and nematodes in farm crops. Unfortunately, Furadan and other highly toxic pesticides such as Temik are often misused and applied to meat baits or injected into chicken eggs in misguided and illegal attempts to kill coyotes and other predators. The use of Furadan in a manner inconsistent with its labeling, and the killing of a bald eagle is also a violation of the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Endangered Species Act, and lawscontrolling the use of pesticides enforced by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 95-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System, which encompasses 544 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 69 national fish hatcheries, 63 Fish and Wildlife Management offices and 81 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Assistance program, which distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies.
