RSPB says bird of prey poisoning 'at 20-year high'

Posted by dottie : Thu, 07/22/2010 - 10:51pm

RSPB says bird of prey poisoning 'at 20-year high'

As well as the nine confirmed illegal killings by other methods, the report said there were also 19 "probable" cases of illegal killing where there was not enough evidence to prove it completely.

Many of the incidents detailed in the report were discovered by chance by members of the public in remote areas, mainly in southern, central and north-east Scotland and the Western Isles.

The report said while the majority of landowners and their employees acted responsibly and within the law, a "significant number" of individuals or estates persisted with the "outdated practice" of illegal killing.

Mr Orr-Ewing said his organisation would continue to work with responsible landowners, but warned: "All estates now need to provide tangible evidence that they are taking positive action on the ground to safeguard protected species and giving firm instruction to their employees to obey the law."

'Full-time officers'

However, the landowners' organisation, the Scottish Rural Property and Business Association (SRPBA) said the figures were misleading.

A spokesman said: "The official government report on the illegal poisoning of birds of prey for 2009, published in March 2010, shows the level has stayed the same for the last three years with the exception of 2008 when there were 16 incidents.

"In 2006 there were 34 incidents.

"There is ample legislation in existence to deal with this problem and we support the full weight of the law being brought to bear on those using illegal poisons."

The RSPB report proposed a range of measures, such as full-time wildlife crime replica handbags officers for each police force, a review of penalties available to the courts for wildlife crime and specialist environmental fiscals to prosecute such offences.

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