#raptorpersecution — Public Fediverse posts

@giggls @jon except in the #UK, where they're mainly caused by shooting. Which is illegal, but it's done by the servants of rich landowners, and, as everyone knows, the law doesn't apply to the rich — or, it seems, to their servants.

#RaptorPersecution
#LandReform

Raptor persecution remains a serious and persistent wildlife crime in the UK despite than 70 years of supposed legal protection. The Yorkshire Dales is one of the worst affected places. Friends of the Dales is asking people to sign their petition to try and get the government to do more. Sign here https://friendsofthedales.org.uk/campaigns/eyes-on-the-skies-petition

#yorkshiredales #raptorpersecution #wildlifecrime

@Rojertb Shocking, and so sad. Magnificent birds!
#peregrine #falcon #RaptorPersecution

FFS😡 Are the estates taking the piss. I so hope there will be a prosecution but chances are negligible. #RaptorPersecution
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25838238.wildlife-probe-golden-eagle-reported-shot-borders/

@Christownsendoutdoors Thank f*ck one that a prosecution has stuck on one of these nasty shits. They usually get off due to lack of evidence. But an £800 fine? I bet his Xmas bonus is way bigger. #RaptorPersecution

Poussin de Busard saint-Martin retrouvé blessé à l'aile droite après moisson le 13 juillet. Porté en centre de soins de Faune Alfort, son état est stable.

Hen Harrier chick found injured the day after the harvest. The care centre, Faune Alfort, told us that it could probably recover from its injury.

#busardsaintmartin #harrier
#GEPB #harrierconservation #busard #raptorconservation #raptorpersecution #protectiondelafaune #faunesauvage #rapaces #circuscyaneus #albanellareale #kornweihe

@CheRosach OOF!
The argument in the UK leans heavily on the impact on iconic predator species - White tailed and Golden Eagles, Osprey etc. It would be interesting to know the relative impact of #HabitatManagement for 'sporting' estates c/w #WindTurbines #WindTurbinesBirds #Raptor #RaptorPersecution

Oooh! Some good news!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-68619141

#scotland #raptorpersecution #wildlife

Derbyshire ‘drug addict’ jailed for stealing #peregrine eggs – Raptor Persecution UK

#WildlifeCrime #wildlife #RaptorPersecution #falconry ?

https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/01/16/derbyshire-drug-addict-jailed-for-stealing-peregrine-eggs/

I’ve been listening to this excellent mini series. It’s not an easy ride #RaptorPersecution #DrivenGrouseShooting

https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2023/dec/28/best-of-2023-killing-the-skydancer-episode-three-an-open-secret-podcast?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

If you’re in #Scotland and angry about the loss of golden eagle Merrick, here’s something you can do – via Raptor Persecution UK

Today’s news that yet another #goldenEagle (‘Merrick’) has ‘disappeared’ in an area dominated by #drivenGrouseShooting, and that Police Scotland has reason to “believe she has come to harm”, won’t be a surprise to anyone
#eagle #wildlifeCrime #RaptorPersecution #grouse #GiftOfGrouse

https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2023/11/27/if-youre-angry-about-the-loss-of-golden-eagle-merrick-heres-something-you-can-do/

Funny that...

I hope they are caught and the book thrown at them.

Shooting animals and birds is wrong.

#raptorpersecution #RaptorPersecutionUK

https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2023/08/18/three-more-satellite-tagged-hen-harriers-vanish-on-driven-grouse-moors-all-within-6-days-of-the-start-of-the-grouse-shooting-season/

Royal estate linked to many deaths and disappearances of protected birds

Cases linked to king’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk include alleged poisoning and shooting of some of UK’s rarest birds of prey
#RaptorPersecution #EndTheMonarchyNow

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/02/sandringham-royal-estate-linked-to-many-deaths-and-disappearances-of-protected-birds?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Scottish Greens hail vital new ScottishSPCA powers to tackle wildlife crime

New powers for the #Scottish SPCA will help #Scotland to tackle #wildlife #crime.

#WildlifeCrime #RaptorPersecution #beavers #ScottishGreens #BiodiversityCrisis
https://greens.scot/news/scottish-greens-hail-vital-new-scottish-spca-powers-to-tackle-wildlife-crime

https://community.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/b/investigations/posts/regime-change

More evidence of #WildlifeCrime on moors managed for #grouseshooting (yet again by tenants of the #NatiomalTrust in the #peakdistrict) At least this time the National Trust has done the right thing and the lease is not renewed, but #RaptorPersecution is common in the industry and the legal parts of #grousemoormanagement are damaging. Time for a ban. Its tourism damage probably costs the rural economy more than it brings in.

#Henharrier chicks stamped to death in nest: how the shooting industry manipulated the narrative.
#raptorpersecution #birdsofprey #wildlifecrime
#WildLivesMatter

https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2023/01/27/hen-harrier-chicks-stamped-to-death-in-nest-how-the-shooting-industry-manipulated-the-narrative/

#Ireland 🇮🇪
Whitetail #eagle released in wild ‘poisoned with illegal #pesticide’ – The Irish Times

#RaptorPersecution #WildlifeCrime
#EnoughlsEnough

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/01/22/white-tail-eagle-released-in-wild-poisoned-with-illegal-pesticide/

@markh Surrounded by #wildlifecrime here...#Norfolk is the worst county in the UK for recorded incidents of #RaptorPersecution

Are you disgusted by latest #raptorpersecution ‘incident’ in #EastAnglia ?

https://gofund.me/e9004f6b

When will the game shooting industry finally admit that #raptorpersecution is real & happening every day across the UK ?

More #EastAnglia shame…Five #goshawks shot & dumped in King’s Forest, #Suffolk: Police appeal for information.

https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2023/01/18/five-goshawks-shot-dumped-in-kings-forest-suffolk-police-appeal-for-information/

Just a matter of time ...
#BirdofPrey poisonings pose risk to people say #Lincolnshire Police
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-64225792
#RaptorPersecution

Do you know these men ? #RaptorPersecution #Kent #birdsofprey #TawnyOwl #WildLivesMatter https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2023/01/10/kent-police-appeal-for-info-re-unlawful-killing-of-tawny-owl-do-you-recognise-these-men/

You can smell the stench of #raptorpersecution cover up all the way up here.
#WildLivesMatter #birdsofprey
https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2023/01/04/the-estate-that-dorset-police-refused-to-search-after-discovery-of-poisoned-eagle-is-the-same-location-where-gamekeeper-was-today-convicted-of-multiple-raptor-persecution-crimes/

Nest of #HenHarrier chicks, found dead in June, stomped to death on #grouse moor.

Six months later #NorthYorkshire Police finally appeal for information.

Yet another horrendous example of #RaptorPersecution & #wildlifecrime

https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2022/12/14/hen-harrier-chicks-stamped-to-death-in-nest-on-grouse-moor-in-yorkshire-dales-national-park/

The sham continues.
#RaptorPersecution #wildlifecrime https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2022/12/08/another-defra-minister-pretends-to-be-tackling-high-levels-of-raptor-persecution/

Absolutely shameful #PoliceScotland
#RaptorPersecution will never end if investigations are secretive & punishment farcical.
#wildlifecrime #birdofprey #RedKite

https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2022/12/05/red-kite-poisoned-on-grouse-moor-police-scotland-withhold-information/

Another day, another dead #Buzzard
Why are we losing the battle against #RaptorPersecution ?
#wildlifecrime #birdofprey

https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2022/11/24/dead-buzzard-found-hanging-from-a-tree-in-county-down/

The @RSPB #RaptorPersecution Map is ‘the most complete centralised set of known confirmed raptor persecution incidents in the UK.’
No doubt just the tip of iceberg…who knows how many victims of trapping, snaring, shooting, bludgeoning & poisoning have been dumped, buried or torched in our green & pleasant land.
#BirdCrimeReport

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/0f04dd3b78e544d9a6175b7435ba0f8c

I can see this #henharrier brood meddling scheme ending badly.
#RaptorPersecution is rife in the southwest. @RSPBEngland @RSPB #NaturalEngland
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/23/hen-harriers-to-be-bred-in-captivity-and-released-on-to-salisbury-plain?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#RaptorPersecution is rife in the UK.
Guess which county is at the top of the list...#NormalForNorfolk
https://www.rspb.org.uk/globalassets/downloads/documents/birds-and-wildlife/crime/2021/bc2021_report.pdf
#BirdCrimeReport
Thank you @RSPBEngland