Tribal members, SD dance family among 15 charged in dealing in eagle, migratory bird trafficking

RAPID CITY, S.D. — A confidential informant purchased thousands of dollars worth of protected eagle parts, as well those from other migratory birds in danger, mostly from a group of three tribal members and also a Rapid City family in a two-year undercover operation that spread across four states, the U.S. attorney for South Dakota announced Monday, April 24.

Dubbed Project Dakota Flyer, the informant with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made the purchases starting in 2014 and lasting into 2016 involving 15 people in South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska and Iowa.

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