article_snippet: Hornet's owner, Scott Dinger, said Patti MacDonald  should be charged with killing a protected species.
article_snippet: Scott Dinger (seen with other falcon) thinks Patti MacDonald 's misdemeanor charge was not harsh enough .
article_snippet: Dinger, who was hunting with Hornet at the time, was about 500 yards away when the bird of prey made a successful attack and landed with a duck.
article_snippet: Hornet flew away but appeared injured and Scott Dinger (seen with other falcon) found He dead about an hour later, the Coeur d'Alene Press reported.
article_snippet: According to Scott Dinger (seen with other falcon), Hornet had been with humans since the day He was hatched.
article_snippet: Scott Dinger (seen with other falcon) said it was tough to accept what happened because Patti MacDonald  bird was so young and falcons can live for about 30 years when they're with humans.
article_snippet: Patti MacDonald  said: 'I had planned for Hornet to live longer than Patti MacDonald .'
article_snippet: It's unclear if Hornet was a peregrine.
highlights_snippet: Authorities say Patti MacDonald fractured skull of a falcon named Hornet .
  
highlights_snippet: Hornet's owner said Hornet's owner should be charged with killing a protected species .
  