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Time to ban gun sports

(79 Posts)
Jane10 Fri 25-Sept-20 11:25:39

Wrapped in lead? No wonder they couldn't find it. Wonder who's the culprit angry

Whitewavemark2 Fri 25-Sept-20 11:22:58

The trapping and killing of harriers was on Channel 4 news.

I’ll try this link which has a photo of the young golden eagle.

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A young eagle arrived in Strathbraan in spring 2016. Within a few days his tag suddenly, inexplicably, stopped. It was suspected that the bird had been killed, and the tag destroyed. Now we know what happened to the tag.

@RSPBbirders

I can’t link the photo

Missfoodlove Fri 25-Sept-20 11:13:06

Links to the articles please.

Whitewavemark2 Fri 25-Sept-20 10:53:34

A young golden eagle was fitted with a tracker and release this year.

He disappeared and his tracker was subsequently found wrapped in lead in a grouse moorland stream.

There has been footage of harriers being trapped and killed on television. Burning the moor every year releases tons of carbon into the atmosphere along with destroying habitat and untold species of reptiles, insects birds etc.

This simply cannot continue just for the pleasure of shooting a gun at some hapless bird.

It is disgusting and should be stopped.