Eagles are people too

I was going to write about my day, my new tea experiences, the beautiful photos I took and my excellent yoga practice, but there's one thing today that has affected me more than anything else.

There have been some disgusting crimes happening in Vancouver in the past couple of months - quite a few bald eagles, those fabulous birds, have been mudered. Today brought the news that the total of bodies found has risen from 26 to 40. The remains of the birds have been found with their talons and tail feathers missing, believed to have been sold on black market, possible smuggled into US.

Initial suspects were the First Nations people who use talons and feathers in cultural ceremonies, but they have denied it vehemently, and have collected money to add to the reward for information leading to the conviction of those found responsible. However the officials are not overly positive that they will find the killers - there are about 20 000 bold eagles in British Columbia in a very large area, and catching someone red handed is practically impossible.

We saw one of the Stanley Park bold eagle pairs on Saturday when returning from our shopping trip, they were circling our house again. Seeing these magnificent animals so close takes my breath away... and I can't understand people who would do this, it makes my stomach turn.