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Accidentally Killing Birds Isn't A Crime, Says Trump Administration

A legal memo from the Department of the Interior declares that the Migratory Bird Treaty Act only applies to purposeful actions that kill migratory birds.
Two birds covered in oil sit on a rock near Refugio State Beach in Goleta, Calif., in 2015 after an oil spill from an abandoned pipeline spread over the beach. The Department of the Interior says it will no longer criminally prosecute energy companies that kill birds accidentally.

The Trump Administration says it will no longer criminally prosecute companies that accidentally kill migratory birds. The decision reverses a rule made in the last weeks of the Obama administration.

from the Department of the Interior posted Friday declares that the only applies to purposeful actions that kill migratory birds, and not to energy companies and other businesses that kill birds

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