Raptor Persecution

Zoo4m8

Interesting footage..typical Hoodie behaviour , the lamb is sick and they have spotted that, also there seems to be no mother, unfortunately now it's end is not going to be pleasant..

SlowBlowin

Hi

I am please to report the lamb made it, and lives on the mountain. The lamb was there because my wife "rescued" it. The sheep on the mountain should not have been in lamb, but one was. The mother was not very good, and the lamb was not doing very well, but thats all in the past now and he visits us most days.

I also have video of the same two hoodies trying to take an irish stoat, they really are a pair of intelligent opportunists !

SB

Zoo4m8

Thanks for the update, delighted to hear it. They certainly are opportunistic , for the past two weeks we've had a dozen or so Woodpigeons on the lawn picking out the clover, in the group are a number of juveniles and for the last couple days three hoodies have been walking among the pigeons.
It all seemed very innocent till I saw them jump a youngster, I went to his rescue but he seemed a little slow to fly away so I guess it's just a matter of time.

SlowBlowin

Yes, I think its good to post videos of the Hoodies activities it might help the Raptor persecution situation. I show all the local farmers the hoodie videos hoping its might help the eagles.

Last year I rescued a Raven that had a very close call with some lead, after feeding it up on cat food and bacon for 3 days it was fit enough to return to the wild, but it still came back every day for more food. I have some videos of that too, I will post them in another thread.

Heres the video of the hoodies after my stoat !

SB

Capercaille

https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2014/10/03/another-peregrine-poisoned-in-derry/
More poisoning, this time in Derry, Northern Ireland.

OpenYourEyes

An interesting piece on a recent prosecution for raptor poisoning in the UK - with BirdTrack records helping getting him prosecuted. Just goes to show the potential and importance in 'citizen science'.

http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/birdtrack/news-archive/2014-10/mass-raptor-poisoning

OpenYourEyes

A blog piece on Hen Harrier conservation, or the lack thereof, in Ireland:

https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2015/01/23/guest-blog-hen-harriers-in-ireland/

Capercaillie

https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2015/10/27/another-powerful-deterrent-sentence-in-spanish-raptor-poisoning-case/
Farmer in Spain poisons and kills 6 Spanish imperial eagles and gets a proper sentance.

Another case of raptor poisoning (from January 2012) has just concluded with an astonishing sentence. A farmer has been convicted of laying out nine poisoned baits and of poisoning six Spanish Imperial Eagles and a fox. His crimes were uncovered following a search of his land by specialist canine units trained to detect poisons. His sentence is as follows:

18 months imprisonment

AND

a three-year disqualification from hunting (post release)

AND

a fine of 360,000 Euros (£259,762.62) to be paid to the regional government for the estimated value of the six eagles.