Beaver County Farmer, Employee Charged With Using Pesticide To Kill Protected Migratory Birds
By: KDKA-TV News Staff
BEAVER, Pa. (KDKA) - A Beaver County farmer and his employee are accused of using pesticide-laced corn to kill dozens of protected migratory birds.
Fifty-year-old Robert Yost and 25-year-old Jacob Reese were charged in federal court with offenses related to illegally killing migratory birds.
The two allegedly coated whole kernel corn in carbofuran, a registered restricted-use pesticide, before spreading it in and around a field that was used by Yost Farms.
Prosecutors said Yost and Reese killed about 17 Canada geese, ten red-winged blackbirds and a mallard duck.
They could face up to 13 months in prison and a fine of $31,000.
