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Duke Energy Pleads Guilty Over Eagle Deaths At Wind Farms

A golden eagle is seen flying over a wind turbine on Duke Energy's Top of the World wind farm in Converse County, Wyo. Dina Cappiello/AP hide caption

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Duke Energy Pleads Guilty Over Eagle Deaths At Wind Farms

November 23, 2013 • Golden eagles are protected by federal law. Still, this is the first prosecution of its kind, despite the fact that dozens of eagles are killed by wind energy facilities each year.

Golden Eagle Attacks Deer, A Photo Of An Epic Confrontation

A camera trap captures a golden eagle attacking a young sika deer at Lazovskii State Nature Reserve in the southern Russian Far East on Dec. 1, 2011. Dr. Linda Kerley/via WCS hide caption

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Dr. Linda Kerley/via WCS

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Golden Eagle Attacks Deer, A Photo Of An Epic Confrontation

September 24, 2013 • Through circumstantial evidence, scientists believed golden eagles preyed on large mammals like deer. Now there is photographic proof.