Hawks and eagles are both federally protected by the same law. The article seemed to imply that the homeowner would have been lawfully operating had he shot a hawk.

More “The avian flu is a real thing, and by the way, it's spread mostly by ducks and geese,” said Hassett. “And so think about it, they're killing chickens to stop the spread, but chickens ...

The mass culling of chickens is required by the Department of Agriculture to limit the spread of the avian flu, which has spread to 100 million birds since 2022, according to figures from the ...

White House scrambles to combat bird flu outbreaks and blasts Biden plan to ‘just kill chickens’ - ‘Why does it make any sense to have a big perimeter of dead chickens when it's the ducks ...