STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Officials believe an American symbol was shot down with a bullet last week in Routt County, and they are trying to find the person responsible.

Steamboat Veterinary Hospital’s Dr. Lee Meyring went to the Born Free Wildlife Rehabilitation facility outside of Steamboat Springs on Saturday morning, Dec. 16, to euthanize the bald eagle that was found injured alongside a road two days earlier.

“When I put that eagle down, it was the most significant sadness that I’ve ever experienced,” Meyring said.

Tracy Bye, who runs Born Free, said before the eagle was euthanized, they brought him outside with views of the…