And our fourth example of illegal persecution is a Welsh one. It is the case described by the Raptor Persecution Scotland blog here and here and then as follows (an extract) on the RSPB Investigations blog. It’s another eye-opening account of what is going on, and this time it is in a Welsh National Park…
Author: Mark
Born Bristol, UK
Educated: Cleeve House School Bristol, Bristol Grammar School and Downing College Cambridge
Ph.D. University of Aberdeen, Winter activity of pipistrelle bats.
NERC post-doctoral Research Fellow, Edward Grey Institute, Oxford University
Former Conservation Director of the RSPB, 1989-2011
Four interesting cases – #3
This is the third example of a case of illegal raptor persecution – this one is from Scotland and was taken from Tingay, R.E. (2015). Natural Injustice – Paper I: A review of the enforcement of wildlife protection legislation in Scotland. Scottish Environment LINK, Perth, Scotland. “A white-tailed eagle was found dead close to the…
Four interesting cases – #2
For our second example of a case of illegal raptor persecution that did not make it to the courts I’ll take you back to the ‘Sandringham harriers case’. This is an extract from Fighting for Birds (pp196-98): Mark writes in Fighting for Birds: I was on a train to London on 24 October 2007 when…
Four interesting cases – #1
At the BAWC conference I read out some accounts of illegal persecution that had not resulted in court cases, let alone convictions. They illustrate what is apparently happening, and also how difficult it is to get a conviction because of the circumstances of these crimes. This is the first of four such accounts I’ll publish…
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