Claim: An 11-year-old girl was investigated by the FBI and had to pay a $500 federal criminal fine "because she found an injured woodpecker and put it in a cage to make sure that the bird was OK."
Fact-check: Girl had to pay $500 federal criminal fine for rescuing woodpecker, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner says
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Kertscher
Date published: 2013-05-28T00:00:00