{"id":23303,"date":"2022-12-13T14:35:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T13:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/?p=72306"},"modified":"2022-12-13T15:14:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T14:14:11","slug":"raptor-persecution-remains-at-a-high-level","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/raptor-persecution-remains-at-a-high-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptor persecution remains at a high level"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Simon Birch\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 13 December 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The latest annual Birdcrime report<\/a> published by the RSPB<\/a> reveals that the illegal persecution of birds of prey remains an ongoing problem with common buzzards and red kites<\/a> being the worst affected species.<\/p>\n

Please note external videos may contain ads:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>The report identifies 108 confirmed cases of illegal killing of birds of prey in 2021, of which 80 incidents were in England, the second worst year on record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe data within our report clearly show that raptor persecution in connection with gamebird shooting remains at a significantly high level, especially in England,\u201d says Mark Thomas, the RSPB\u2019s UK head of investigations.<\/p>\n<section class=\""highlight\"> <div class=\""highlight__content\" editor-content=\"\"> <p><strong>More related content:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/birds\/facts-about-red-kites\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Red kite guide: how to identify them, what they eat, and do they really steal laundry?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/holidays-days-out\/uk\/where-to-see-red-kites-in-the-uk\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Where to see red kites in the UK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/uncategorized\/bill-oddie-on-booming-buzzards\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Bill Oddie on booming buzzards<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/news\/raptor-persecution-at-an-all-time-high\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Raptor persecution at an all-time high<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p><\/div> <\/section> <p>A spokesperson for <a href=\"\/\/aimtosustain.org.uk\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Aim to Sustain<\/a> (a new partnership of nine leading shooting, biodiversity and rural community organisations) responds: \u201cAny incident of raptor persecution is to be condemned and the game shooting sector is clear that the weight of the law should be applied to those who indulge in such activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Main image: An RSPB investigations officer holds a poisoned white-tailed eagle. 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