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Marneejill/ flickr/ CC BY-SA 2.0 LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN)-- Two males were cited after deputies state they were caught with a dead bald eagle on Tuesday afternoon.

The Stanton County Sheriff's Office states deputies were called out to the Wood Duck Recreation Area on report of a suspicious car.

Deputies spotted the lorry out in a field, and they spoke with two guys.

Authorities later on found a dead American bald eagle in their possession.

Deputies state that the males shot the safeguarded bird in a neighboring area and that the guys said they prepared to cook and eat it.

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The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission was contacted us to the area, and staff secured the eagle and the guys's rifle.

The guys, Ramiro Hernandez-Tziquin and Domingo Zetino-Hernandez, both 20 and of Norfolk, were cited for unlawful belongings of an eagle.

Hernandez-Tziquin was likewise cited for driving without a chauffeur's license.

The constable's workplace says the examination is continuous, and more charges could be levied.

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