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About a week ago we blogged about the deaths of some birds in some traps that had been set on some grouse moors. Some of the traps had been set legally, but still caught and killed an innocent Dipper (here) whereas other traps had been set illegally and had caught and killed an innocent tawny […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2019/06/29/even-more-innocent-victims-caught-in-traps-set-on-grouse-moors/

About a week ago we blogged about the deaths of some birds in some traps that had been set on some grouse moors. Some of the traps had been set legally, but still caught and killed an innocent Dipper (here) whereas other traps had been set illegally and had caught and killed an innocent tawny […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/2Xd8ZQ7 via IFTTT

SHAME, WRIT LARGE. At least one brood of hen harriers has been removed from a grouse moor and taken in to captivity today as part of DEFRA’s/Natural England’s scandalous hen harrier brood meddling plan (part of the Government’s useless Hen Harrier Action Plan). How do we know? Has DEFRA and Natural England behaved with impeccable […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2019/06/27/hen-harrier-brood-meddling-has-begun-in-england/

SHAME, WRIT LARGE. At least one brood of hen harriers has been removed from a grouse moor and taken in to captivity today as part of DEFRA’s/Natural England’s scandalous hen harrier brood meddling plan (part of the Government’s useless Hen Harrier Action Plan). How do we know? Has DEFRA and Natural England behaved with impeccable […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/2FDXon7 via IFTTT

RSPB press release (27 June 2019) YOUNG HEN HARRIER KILLED BY ILLEGAL TRAP ON PERTHSHIRE GROUSE MOOR A satellite tagged hen harrier has been illegally killed on a Perthshire grouse moor. The remains of the young female, named Rannoch, were found by RSPB Scotland in May caught in a spring trap which had been set […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2019/06/27/young-hen-harrier-suffers-horrific-death-in-illegal-trap-on-strathbraan-grouse-moor/

RSPB press release (27 June 2019) YOUNG HEN HARRIER KILLED BY ILLEGAL TRAP ON PERTHSHIRE GROUSE MOOR A satellite tagged hen harrier has been illegally killed on a Perthshire grouse moor. The remains of the young female, named Rannoch, were found by RSPB Scotland in May caught in a spring trap which had been set […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/31W2B33 via IFTTT

While we’re all waiting for Scottish Ministers to turn twenty years’ worth of hollow promises in to tangible and effective action against the rampant criminality still all-too evident on many grouse and pheasant-shooting estates, the Scottish Government has decided to invite tenders for some new research in to the ‘rights and aspirations’ of gamekeepers. Yes, […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2019/06/26/scottish-government-commissions-research-on-gamekeepers-rights-aspirations/