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On Tuesday gamekeeper Tim Cowin was convicted for shooting, and then stamping on, two short-eared owls before then hiding the corpses on a grouse moor on the Whernside Estate in the Yorkshire Dales National Park (see here). [Gamekeeper Cowin being arrested on the Whernside Estate shortly after shooting and then stamping on two short-eared owls […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2018/08/31/whernside-estate-more-reaction-to-gamekeepers-conviction-for-shooting-owls/

On Tuesday gamekeeper Tim Cowin was convicted for shooting, and then stamping on, two short-eared owls before then hiding the corpses on a grouse moor on the Whernside Estate in the Yorkshire Dales National Park (see here). [Gamekeeper Cowin being arrested on the Whernside Estate shortly after shooting and then stamping on two short-eared owls […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/2C3z3aV via IFTTT

Following on from yesterday’s news that gamekeeper Timothy Cowin had been convicted for shooting and then sadistically stamping to death two protected short-eared owls on a grouse moor on the Whernside Estate in the Yorkshire Dales National Park (see here), public anger has been justifiably prominent. Many have commented on Cowin’s pathetic sentence (a £1,210 […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/2PPBsJ0 via IFTTT

Following on from yesterday’s news that gamekeeper Timothy Cowin had been convicted for shooting and then sadistically stamping to death two protected short-eared owls on a grouse moor on the Whernside Estate in the Yorkshire Dales National Park (see here), public anger has been justifiably prominent. Many have commented on Cowin’s pathetic sentence (a £1,210 […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2018/08/29/whernside-estate-retains-membership-of-moorland-association/

A gamekeeper was convicted at Lancaster Magistrates Court this morning for the killing of two short-eared owls on a grouse moor in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Timothy David Cowin, 44, pleaded guilty to shooting the owls on the Whernside Estate in Cumbria (inside the Yorkshire Dales National Park boundary) and to being in possession […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/2oh2psz via IFTTT

A gamekeeper was convicted at Lancaster Magistrates Court this morning for the killing of two short-eared owls on a grouse moor in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Timothy David Cowin, 44, pleaded guilty to shooting the owls on the Whernside Estate in Cumbria (inside the Yorkshire Dales National Park boundary) and to being in possession […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2018/08/28/gamekeeper-convicted-for-killing-two-short-eared-owls-on-grouse-moor-in-yorkshire-dales-national-park/

A month ago we blogged about a Scottish gamekeeper who had been charged for a series of wildlife crime offences alleged to have taken place in the Scottish Borders (see here). This morning Police Scotland has issued an official press statement in relation to this case, as follows: Men charged in connection with wildlife crime […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/2Nrngo7 via IFTTT