Two companies face bird killing charges CASPER, WY (wpr) - Federal authorities say PacifiCorp and Exxon Mobil Corp. face charges of killing scores of migratory birds in Wyoming. The companies are charged in separate cases, according to documents filed last week in U.S. District Court in Cheyenne.
PacifiCorp, which does business in Wyoming as Rocky Mountain
Power, is charged in the deaths of 38 golden eagles at power poles
in six counties from December 2007 to February 2009.
ExxonMobil faces charges in the deaths of at least 64 birds,
including ducks, grebes, passerines and shore birds. Court records
say the birds died after contact with hydrocarbons in a disposal
facility and evaporation ponds in Sublette and Lincoln counties.
Both companies say they are working with federal officials to
resolve the complaints.
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