If England’s raptors are to receive the protection they deserve, politics should be consigned to the dust bin now!

In 1967 Britain’s first raptor protection group the North West Raptor Protection Group was set up by a small band or dedicated raptor conservationists. The group was established to try and reverse the robberies of peregrine eggs and nestlings taking place each year at the few historic eyries which then still existed in Northern England.

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October 12th, 2011 | Category: Bird of Prey Persecution, Dr Helen Phillips, gamekeepers, Goshawks, Grouse Moors, Grouse shooting, Hen Harriers, It's a dirty business, Legislation, Licence Breaches, National Gamekeepers' Organisation, Peregrines, Poison, Private Shooting Estates, red kite, reintroduction, RSPB Birdcrime Report, Vicarious liability | 16 comments - (Comments are closed)

FEATHERED COCAINE – The international Trade in Large Falcons

FEATHERED COCAINE is not a wildlife documentary. It is a documentary about the international trade of falcons. After the trade of drugs, people and weapons, smuggling falcons is ranked No 4 in the list of the most profitable illegal trades. Most people are not aware that the effects of the falcon trade has exerted […]

October 12th, 2011 | Category: Falcon Black Market | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)