Thursday 12 January 2023

THANK YOU RAPTOR PERSECUTION UK FOR YOUR REPORTING OF WILDLIFE CRIMES

 New post] The estate that Dorset Police refused to search after discovery of poisoned eagle is the same location where gamekeeper was today convicted of multiple raptor persecution crimes.


After today's court case, where gamekeeper Paul Allen was found guilty of seven wildlife, poisons and firearms offences, including the possession of six shot buzzards and banned poisons in March 2021 (here), it can now be revealed that the poisoned white-tailed eagle that was found dead on a Dorset estate in January 2022 was on […]

You can read the full post from Raptor Persecution UK

And on 5th January this further post from RPUK

RSPB press release: *Multiple illegally killed birds of prey, six of which were confirmed shot and one poisoned, were uncovered by Dorset Police and the RSPB on the Shaftesbury Estate near Wimborne St Giles *The recently published RSPB Birdcrime report identified Dorset as the second worst county in the UK for confirmed bird of prey […]

And 6th January. It is said unusual silence from Dorset Police - please read on

A change of county from Dorset to Suffolk.

Suffolk Police's Rural, Wildlife & Heritage Team has seized what it describes as a 'vast' egg collection in Halesworth. The haul is thought to include clutches of hen harrier and osprey eggs. The police raid last Friday was part of Operation Easter, a policing initiative that began in Scotland 25 years ago (see here for […]

NOW BACK TO DORSET

One day later RPUK posted  on the silence from many organizations about not commenting upon the conviction of Paul Allen in Dorset.

Five days ago, 54 year old gamekeeper Paul Allen pleaded guilty to seven counts of wildlife, poisons and firearms offences, which he committed in March 2021 whilst working on the Shaftesbury Estate in Dorset (see here). A poisoned red kite had been found dead on the estate in November 2020 (confirmed Bendiocarb poisoning) which triggered […]

PLEASE READ THE FULL REPORTS ON RAPTOR PERSECUTION UK SITE



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