Jail over killing of wedge-tailed eagles in a Victorian first

By Simone Fox Koob
Updated September 25 2018 - 11:00am, first published 10:55am
 The carcasses of 136 wedge-tailed eagles were recently found hidden in East Gippsland.
The carcasses of 136 wedge-tailed eagles were recently found hidden in East Gippsland.

A man accused of killing hundreds of wedge-tailed eagles in Victoria's east has been handed the first custodial sentence for the destruction of protected wildlife in the state after he pleaded guilty to the crime.

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