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Bird of Prey Starved To Death After Being Trapped
A rare bird starved to death after it was caught in a trap set for pests.
Police believe the goshawk died because someone closed the gate on the trap, which is usually used by gamekeepers to snare crows, rooks and magpies, which harm wildlife such as grouse. [More...] |
Magpie culls criticised
The culling of magpies to protect the numbers of British songbirds has been criticised by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Grahame Madge, from the RSPB, said: "In the case of those members of the public using Larson traps for the 'protection of songbirds' we believe the trap's use is unnecessary. We feel that it's testing the law to use the traps for this purpose." [More...] |
High Court rules on suffering of decoy birds
The High Court has ruled that Magpies have legal rights.
A senior judge declared it is unlawful to allow the
birds to suffer unnecessarily if they are used under
licence as decoys in traps to catch other magpies. [More...] |
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