GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Two Wood River men have pleaded guilty and been fined in Hall County Court for killing sandhill cranes and abandoning scores of dead snow geese last month in east-central Nebraska.

20-year-old Marco Zarraga was fined $525 and 24-year-old Adam Wagner was fined $300.

On March 14, 150 to 200 dead snow geese were found in Merrick County. Days later, 10 dead snow geese and three sandhill cranes were left near Grand Island.

Authorities say Zarraga killed the three cranes.

It’s illegal to hunt sandhill cranes in Nebraska. Shooting snow geese is not a crime this time of year, but authorities say dumping the geese and shooting them from a roadway and from a vehicle was illegal.