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In July an injured red kite was found by a member of the public in woodland near Corby, Northants – she’d been shot and had three shotgun pellets lodged in her body. We blogged about her here. She was cared for by Simon Dudhill and team at The Raptor Foundation in Cambridgeshire. Simon said at […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/2QhnOOB via IFTTT

In July an injured red kite was found by a member of the public in woodland near Corby, Northants – she’d been shot and had three shotgun pellets lodged in her body. We blogged about her here. She was cared for by Simon Dudhill and team at The Raptor Foundation in Cambridgeshire. Simon said at […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2018/09/28/despite-best-efforts-shot-red-kite-didnt-make-it/

Following the publication of the RSPB’s 2017 Birdcrime Report on Tuesday (here), the Moorland Association has issued not one, but two public statements in response. Blimey, Police Supt. Nick Lyall must have made quite an impact last week. The first response, published on the same day as Birdcrime, was as follows: It’s the usual flannel […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2018/09/27/more-smoke-mirrors-from-moorland-association-on-raptor-persecution/

Following the publication of the RSPB’s 2017 Birdcrime Report on Tuesday (here), the Moorland Association has issued not one, but two public statements in response. Blimey, Police Supt. Nick Lyall must have made quite an impact last week. The first response, published on the same day as Birdcrime, was as follows: It’s the usual flannel […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/2xVo7XB via IFTTT

The RSPB published its 2017 Birdcrime Report yesterday. It didn’t contain any surprises – we all know that crimes against birds of prey continued in 2017, and that these were largely associated with game-shooting estates. The online report can be read here The very useful appendices (actual data) can be accessed here The RSPB’s interactive […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/2ON5ufI via IFTTT

The RSPB published its 2017 Birdcrime Report yesterday. It didn’t contain any surprises – we all know that crimes against birds of prey continued in 2017, and that these were largely associated with game-shooting estates. The online report can be read here The very useful appendices (actual data) can be accessed here The RSPB’s interactive […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2018/09/26/rspbs-2017-birdcrime-report-documents-ongoing-illegal-raptor-persecution/

The Raptor Persecution Priority Delivery Group (RPPDG, also known as the PAW Raptor Group, England & Wales) has a new Chair – Police Supt Nick Lyall. He’s off to a good start – he’s set up a blog, in the spirit of openness, to discuss the workings of this group and to report on any […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2018/09/21/meet-the-new-chair-of-the-paw-raptor-group-police-supt-nick-lyall/