Stop Wildlife Poisoning

Category: Uncategorized | Date: Aug 30 2008 | By: Martin Odino

Yesterday I put up a post on investigations on raptor poisoning in Scotland following outrageous poisoning cases in Dumfries and Galloway. In Ireland, other investigations are now on for suspected poisoned buzzards found on Monday in Drumbanagher area near Poyntzpass.

At this rate, I feel the United Kingdom leads in the madness of poisoning of raptors. On the other hand, it is comforting to know that the law enforces (Police) are on standby and at service against such anti-conservation gestures.

Tags: buzzards, Ireland, poisoning, United Kingdom

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Category: Uncategorized | Date: Aug 29 2008 | By: Martin Odino

Chris Rollie, RSPB Scotland’s area manager for Dumfries and Galloway, said: “When great efforts are being made to attract visitors to rural areas, the negative message of an illegally poisoned countryside is the last thing we need, while the effect on wildlife is appalling.”

Dumfries and Galoway is notorious and recently this year, four buzzards were found poisoned and baits recovered from the area.

And so the police, the government and RSPB aare at task with investigations given the outrageous raptor poisoning cases tha thave led to calls by a charity for crackdown on bird poisoning.

The charity’s investigations staff received a total of 229 reports of possible persecution incidents in 2007 in Scotland, 16 of which were from the Dumfries and Galloway area.

Tags: bird poisoning, buzzards, Dumfries and Galoway, raptors, RSPB, Scotland

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