Bald Eagle Clubbed Near La Conner

This is all that I know about the incident. Why was the eagle clubbed? What could that person have been thinking?

(SWINOMISH WA)- The feds are investigating the reported clubbing of an injured bald eagle Saturday on the Swinomish Reservation near La Conner.

A witness to the attack said he noticed the eagle was injured before the attack. The witness saw a man he recognized club the eagle.

Swinomish police arrived to find the bald eagle still alive, but now with a broken leg.

A Wolf Hollow volunteer took the eagle to a rehabilitation center in Friday Harbor, but officials there say the seriousness of the eagle’s injuries caused them to euthenize it.

Federal agents are obtaining reports from the Swinomish police, and an investigatin could take two weeks.