So what bothers you most about these eagles beings shot?
Patriotic symbol/National bird?
Hunting animal illegally without a license/permit/season/poaching/etc?
Because they were endangered/threatened prior to 2007?
Native American culture/spiritual?
Because the idea of it is just generally taboo?
Some other reason?
Some here, like in other poaching threads, seem to imply that you would severely hurt or even murder someone who takes an animal in the U.S. in a way that is against hunting/trapping laws set in place.
I'm not saying knee-jerk reactions are bad, necessarily, I understand the reactions and think the birds are beautiful and rare, but not everything is black and white every time.
Maybe Franklin was right, suggesting the Turkey as our national bird.