GREENE COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — Wildlife officials are attempting to track down the person who shot a bald eagle in Boligee. The eagle was discovered north of the County Road 138 and Highway 11 intersection in Greene County on privately owned land.

X-rays revealed it had been shot. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering at $2,500 reward, and the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust are adding $5,000 to the reward for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the responsible person or persons.

“The Humane Society of the United States is pleased to offer this support to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in their efforts to bring to justice those who have harmed these majestic symbols of our nation in Alabama,” said Mindy Gilbert, Alabama state director for the Humane Society of the United States.

Anyone with information is asked to contact agent John Rawls at 334-478-7900 or email john_rawls@fws.gov.