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NYSDEC, SPCA Looking For Crossbow Hunter Who Illegally Shot Red-Tailed Hawk In Putnam NYSDEC, SPCA Looking For Crossbow Hunter Who Illegally Shot Red-Tailed Hawk In Putnam
Nysdec, SPCA Looking For Crossbow Hunter Who Illegally Shot Red-Tailed Hawk In Putnam The Department of Environmental Conservation and the Putnam County Sheriff's Department are searching for a crossbow hunter who illegally shot a fledgling red-tailed hawk that managed to live with an arrow lodged in its body for weeks before passing away, despite the best efforts of environmental rehabilitators. "It's so difficult for wildlife to survive in the first year [of their lives]," said Wildlife Rehabilitator Annemarie Lucas, who took part in the capture and care of the injured bird. "To have their life taken away for something as disgusting as this makes everyone so angry.... to ta…

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