GRAND ISLAND — Two Wood River men have been sentenced for killing sandhills cranes and abandoning scores of dead snow geese last month.
Marco Zarraga was fined $525 and Adam Wagner $300 after both pleaded guilty.
150 to 200 dead snow geese were found in Merrick County in March. Days later, more snow geese and three sandhills cranes were left near Grand Island.
Authorities say Zarraga killed the cranes.
It’s illegal to hunt sandhills cranes in Nebraska. Shooting snow geese is not a crime this time of year, but shooting them from a roadway and vehicle is.
