North Yorkshire’s Shame, one of England’s worst counties for bird of prey persecution.

Persecution by poison of Red Kites reintroduced onto the Harewood estate near Harrogate in North Yorkshire are reported a “national disgrace.” as it emerges 14 Red Kites had been killed with deadly poisons. North Yorkshire has been named one of England’s worst counties for persecution in England and Wales since 1991, with the RSPB reporting […]

April 21st, 2014 | Category: Bird of Prey Persecution, Buzzard, Carbofuran, gamekeepers, Peregrines, Private Shooting Estates, reintroduction | Comments are closed

Diclofenac the drug that has killed hundreds if not thousands of vultures has been approved for use in Spain.

[airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vultures.jpg” alt=”vultures” class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-10094″ ] Vulture populations in many regions of Africa and India have been decimated by the use of Dicopenac Spain approves use of drug beneficial to mammals – that will kill any vulture that feeds on a carcass containing traces of it. Despite their unappealing looks, vultures make a […]

April 21st, 2014 | Category: Diclofenac | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)