In 2011 a female Hen Harrier named BOWLAND BETTY was raised in the Trough of Bowland Lancashire. She was fitted with a satalite tag and monitored for the next few months as she travelled as far as Caithness in Scotland. In July 2012 her tag showed no signs of movement over Thorny grain moor Yorkshire. A well kept grouse moor. Her body was recovered on the 5th July 2012 and sent to the Zoological Society London.After examination it was discovered that she had a fractured leg and traces of lead shot were found around the fracture. Betty is one of a few Harriers that have gone missing in this area lately....though i am not sure of the exact number at the moment i think it is 9 in two years but i will heck and double check before posting again. Natural England receive millions of pounds in funding to look after these birds but for some reason stay silent on this subject at the moment !
Copy and paste this http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/tests-reveal-that-rare-bird-of-prey--was-shot-illegally-8397633.html.
if you can not make the link type into google...Independent Hen Harrier Charlie Cooper
Today 08/01/2013 I wrote to the Home Secretary Theresa May MP and my local Mp Graham Jones.
I asked them where they stood on the plight of the Hen Harrier in England, the decline in funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit in England and what was being done about the use of Carbofuran and those caught in possession of this substance.
Carbofuran was banned in 2001. it is a toxic pesticide that affects the respiratory system. It is used to lace carcasses and kills indiscriminately ...it will, if digested shut down the respiratory system and suffocate the victim.In 2012 several convictions were made against gamekeepers and estate workers caught using this poison. The birds killed through the use of Carbofuran include Golden Eagle, Red Kite , Buzzard, and Raven
A dead Golden eagle found on the slopes of Beinn Udlaidh near the Bridge of Orchy, this bird was killed by a poisoned bait containing Carboforan.
Police were alerted to the estate in east Sutherland - a popular venue for celebrity weddings and recently seen by viewers of TV series Masterchef - on 5th May 2010, following the discovery of a dead golden eagle by a group of hill-walkers. Unbeknown to the group, less than two miles away, another dead eagle had been found only three days previously which was also reported to the authorities.
A further visit by Police, assisted by RSPB Scotland staff, to the estate resulted in the recovery of a dead red grouse - a suspected poisoned bait - staked to the ground, nearby lay the body of a sparrowhawk and buzzard, while just a few hundreds metres away lay the contorted body of a third golden eagle.
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