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RSPB press release (31/5/19) (Links have been added by RPUK) RAVEN FOUND POISONED ON RUABON MOOR The dead bird was found on the same estate near Wrexham, where two satellite-tagged hen harriers recently vanished. Police are now appealing for information from the public.  A dead raven found on Ruabon Moor, near World’s End, North Wales, […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2019/05/31/raven-found-poisoned-on-ruabon-moor-the-grouse-capital-of-north-wales/

RSPB press release (31/5/19) (Links have been added by RPUK) RAVEN FOUND POISONED ON RUABON MOOR The dead bird was found on the same estate near Wrexham, where two satellite-tagged hen harriers recently vanished. Police are now appealing for information from the public.  A dead raven found on Ruabon Moor, near World’s End, North Wales, […] from Raptor Persecution UK http://bit.ly/2I9kq5V via IFTTT

Nine days ago we learned that yet another satellite tagged hen harrier (‘Marci’) had vanished in suspicious circumstances on an unnamed grouse moor near Strathdon, an area of the Cairngorms National Park previously identified as a raptor persecution hotspot. [Hen harrier Marci, photo by Shaila Rao] Hen harrier persecution is a National Wildlife Crime Priority […] from Raptor Persecution UK http://bit.ly/2wx5ysp via IFTTT

Nine days ago we learned that yet another satellite tagged hen harrier (‘Marci’) had vanished in suspicious circumstances on an unnamed grouse moor near Strathdon, an area of the Cairngorms National Park previously identified as a raptor persecution hotspot. [Hen harrier Marci, photo by Shaila Rao] Hen harrier persecution is a National Wildlife Crime Priority […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2019/05/31/political-silence-in-response-to-wildlife-crime-in-cairngorms-national-park/

At the beginning of May we blogged about how SNH had rejected a 2019 application for a raven cull licence in the Strathbraan area of Perthshire (see here). This decision followed last year’s fiasco when SNH had issued a raven cull licence for Strathbraan, on what we considered to be false pretences, and which was […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2019/05/30/scottish-gamekeepers-associations-pity-party-in-response-to-failed-strathbraan-raven-cull-bid/

At the beginning of May we blogged about how SNH had rejected a 2019 application for a raven cull licence in the Strathbraan area of Perthshire (see here). This decision followed last year’s fiasco when SNH had issued a raven cull licence for Strathbraan, on what we considered to be false pretences, and which was […] from Raptor Persecution UK http://bit.ly/2VXVyms via IFTTT

Press release from Buccleuch Estate (30/5/19) LAND TO BE MARKETED FOR SALE ON BUCCLEUCH’S BORDERS ESTATE Buccleuch announced today it intends to sell a substantial landholding the Scottish Borders, including Langholm Moor. Following a review of land on its estates, 25,000 acres – stretching from Auchenrivock in the south to Hartsgarth in the north – […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2019/05/30/buccleuch-to-sell-langholm-moor/