New Scientific Paper: Poisoning of reintroduced red kites in England:

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You are able to read the complete paper here

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Poisoned Red Kite: Image courtesy […]

November 22nd, 2017 | Category: 2nd Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides, Poison, Raptor Persecution, red kite, reintroduction, secondry poisoning | Comments are closed

Natural England and the sterilisation of Britain!

[airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Goshawk$-150×150$.jpg” alt=”Goshawk” class=”alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-17503″ ]Many people know about the attempt by Natural England to monitor the deaths of Hen Harriers by satellite tagging but few know about their indirect attempt to make specific birds of prey together with other wild animals sterile in England! […]

July 7th, 2017 | Category: Birds of prey, Buzzard, goshawk, Goshawks, grey squirrel, Natural England, red kite, red squirrel, secondry poisoning | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Response from DEFRA regarding the use of Goodnature A24 trap

Following the a proposal that yet another trap was to be brought to Britain to kill unwanted species regarded as vermin by the shooting industry, we have attached below the response from DEFRA about this new device and its potential use. Their response is below

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March 14th, 2017 | Category: animal snaring, Bird of Prey Persecution, Buzzard, Defra, gamekeepers, Golden Eagle, Goshawks, grey squirrel, Polecat, Raptor Persecution, red squirrel, secondry poisoning | 6 comments - (Comments are closed)

Rat Poison again!

Bempton Cliffs RSPB visitor centre is an internationally important nature reserve in East Yorkshire and reopened after a £1.3m upgrade were the headlines in April 2015. The centre, which attracts about 76,000 people a year has the UK’s largest mainland seabird colony. These visitors are encouraged to come not just in the seabird breeding season […]

March 8th, 2017 | Category: long-eared owl, Poison, rat poison, secondry poisoning, Short-eared owl, tawny owl | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)
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