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Police inquiry after meat bait with pesticides kills sea eagle PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 10 November 2008 08:46
Juvenile White-bellied Sea-eagle(From guardian.co.uk)-  Police are investigating the deaths of a sea eagle and a buzzard after more than 30 pieces of poisoned meat and a dead hare with poison on it were found on neighbouring estates in Tayside.The dead birds of prey were discovered close to the boundary of the Glenquiech and Glenogil estates in Angus earlier this year. Both birds had inges…
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INPA to feed migrating pelicans to save them from fish breeders PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 03 November 2008 07:28
Pelican (From haaretz.com)-  The Israel Nature and Parks Authority will provide migrating pelicans with enough fish to sustain them, under a deal reached yesterday to keep fish breeders from killing the birds. Fish breeders have been shooting at pelicans hunting for food in Hula Valley fish ponds, often either killing them or causing them to get electrocuted on high…
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Conservationists fly to defence of cormorants PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 31 October 2008 19:20
Cormorants sit on poles in the Schlei River in northern Germany in February. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Heribert Proepper) (From worldradio.ch)- Earlier this week conservationists handed in a 26,000-strong petition, calling for cormorants to be protected in Switzerland. In less than a decade, the seabird has established colonies on lakes across the country, bringing them into conflict with local fishermen who accuse them of decimating fish stocks.
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Frozen UK's too warm for our seabirds PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 20:47
Off menu: Sandeel is a Puffin delicacy (From express.co.uk)- Kittiwakes, Arctic terns and Arctic skuas raised virtually no young in some of their top strongholds this summer. Other birds hit include guillemots and puffins. Breeding failures in recent years have left cliffs once teeming with birds all but empty. The RSPB said their food supply – primarily sandeels – may have been affected by clima…
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Threat To Sea Eagles PDF Print E-mail
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Sunday, 26 October 2008 13:55
Sea eagle(From sundaymail.co.uk)- A bird of prey expert has warned that Scotland's last surviving sea eagles are under threat from crofters. There are less than 100 of the birds left in the country but Tom Horne, of the Birds of Prey Rescue charity, fears they could be shot by angry farmers who accuse them of slaughtering lambs.
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