SUMTER COUNTY, Ga. — South Carolina wildlife officers are using the recent death of a bald eagle to remind people that illegal dumping can have unintended consequences.
Someone dumped a cooler with fish parts, plastic bottles, and worm cups recently along a Sumter County road, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources said in a Facebook post.
The bald eagle started to eat the fish parts, but was frightened and flew into the front bumper of a truck and was killed, agents said.
Wildlife officials posted a picture of the litter and the dead eagle to ask people to try to prevent another incident.