Monthly Archives: October 2014

Education with Enforcement

Education with Enforcement – an excerpt from my book A Lone Furrow Despite the amount of enforcement in which Tayside Police wildlife crime officers become involved, I am convinced that education and awareness-raising must be on an almost equal footing.  … Continue reading

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General Licence restrictions – comment

From Monday 8 October, in Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage can restrict the use of general licences to trap and shoot certain wild birds where they have good reason to believe that crimes against wild birds have taken place. General licences, … Continue reading

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The use of x-rays in wildlife crime investigation

I was really annoyed last week to read in a comment to a blog reporting the six buzzards found in Aberdeenshire- ‘Let’s hope that they are not sent off to the airport for x-ray as has been common practice for … Continue reading

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It’s been a bad week for raptors

It has been a bad few days for birds of prey. Just over a week ago a peregrine was found dead in the grounds of a cathedral in Northern Ireland. The bird, which was popular with locals, is now the … Continue reading

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