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Despite the never ending poisoning, trapping and killing of so called ‘protected’ raptors in our country we are living in a remarkable age of progress for nature conservation. Species like the White-tailed Eagle, Osprey, Red Kite and Goshawk were birds driven to extinction throughout Britain by man’s ignorance and intolerance. It is disappointing those human […]
You may think that bird species of the Least [conservation] Concern on the European Red List of Birds are not threatened because of the name of the category they are in. However, this doesn’t mean they don’t face serious, often man-made threats to their survival that must be addressed.
A White-tailed Eagle found poisoned […]
For thousands of years the Golden Eagle has survived against all the odds, finding safe refuge in one of Scotland’s most rugged and beautiful landscapes in the Western Highlands of Argyll. Here amongst the isolated glens of Glen Coe’s peaceful Blackmount Forest as many as 8 pairs of Golden Eagles have continued to […]
Scotland’s new Environment Minister Dr Aileen McLeod has written an inspiring article on wildlife crime that was recently published in the Holyrood magazine. It remains to be seen in these words are converted into action!
WILDLIFE CRIME CANNOT BE TOLERATED IN MODERN DAY SCOTLAND
In the past year, between April 2014 and February 2015, almost […]
The female eagle was released in Killarney National Park in 2009 (Pic: Dermot Breen, National Parks & Wildlife Service)
The Golden Eagle Trust, Ireland Press Release.
A White-tailed Eagle has been found dead in the nest at a nest site in Connemara. The six year old […]
Please please please remain vigilant for suspicious activity and baits in your area. A White Tailed Eagle has been confirmed as poisoned in the Armoy area of Antrim. This poison, Carbofuran, has no place in society, it is completely banned. A single grain will kill a human, and it is being indiscriminately placed […]
Following the story we published earlier today relating to the successful release of the adult male Polish Golden Eagle returned back into the wild this week, more good news from the Irish Republic, lets just hope this kind of progress will continue.
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Despite the never ending poisoning, trapping and killing of so called ‘protected’ raptors in our country we are living in a remarkable age of progress for nature conservation. Species like the White-tailed Eagle, Osprey, Red Kite and Goshawk were birds driven to extinction throughout Britain by man’s ignorance and intolerance. It is disappointing those human […]
There is no save wildlife comeback in Europe until we manage to generate a wide public support for nature conservation. Here is another example of brutal wildlife poisoning in Serbia.
So far the corpses of 10 White-tailed eagles have been found poisoned in Serbia, 4 dead eagles found in February and an additional 6 dead […]
Police officers carried out a search of the North Glenbuchat Estate Scottish police officers have searched the North Glenbuchat Estate after first white-tailed sea eagle to be raised in the east of Scotland in almost 200 years disappeared off the radar. […]
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If you read in the national or your local press of any persecution incidents, please send this information to Raptor Politics immediately. Thank you.
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