Reward Offered for Culprit Who Destroyed Eagle’s Nest

The Florida Audubon Society is offering a $7,000 reward for tips leading to the arrest of an ax-wielding culprit who chopped down a tree containing a bald eagle’s nest.

In December, someone cut down a tree containing an American bald eagle’s nest with an unhatched egg. Florida law prohibits chopping down a tree that is home to the eagle, a threatened species.

Environmentalists recovered the egg, and cared for it until a chick was hatched. Recently, the healthy chick was released to the wild.