Still sabbing the bastards
17th October 2019 SCOTLAND’s most prestigious shooting estate has been raided as part of a major animal cruelty investigation. The Scottish SPCA, backed by police, last week swooped on two properties on the £17.5 million Millden Estate in the Angus Glens, widely regarded as the “holy grail” of grouse moors. Investigators were looking into allegations …
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A gamekeeper suspected of running up one of the biggest kill lists of endangered animals in Scottish history has escaped a jail sentence. Alan Wilson, 61, was convicted of illegally killing dozens of animals on Longformacus Estate near Duns in the Scottish Borders . But investigators believe animals including goshawks, badgers, buzzards and an otter represented only the tip …
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Alan Wilson sentenced for wildlife offences in Scottish Borders 19th August 2019 Police Scotland welcomes the sentencing today, Monday 19th August, of Alan Wilson who committed an array of offences under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 that included the illegal killing of protected species. The gamekeeper, who worked on the Longformacus Estate close to …
31st July 2019 Foxes, stoats, weasels and mountain hares ‘ruthlessly’ targeted alongside illegal killings of protected species, says TV presenter. Hundreds of thousands of animals including foxes, weasels and stoats are being legally killed in the UK to protect grouse moors, naturalist and TV presenter Chris Packham has claimed. Packham was speaking to The Independent …
24 July 2019 A wildlife expert has told Jedburgh Sheriff Court how he found more protected species lying dead in a Borders wood than he had seen in any small area in his 40-year career. Alan Wilson pleaded guilty to shooting dead badgers, an otter, goshawks and buzzards as well as using 23 illegal snares …
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Further to the news yesterday that Scottish gamekeeper Alan Wilson, 60, had pleaded guilty to nine of the 12 charges of wildlife crime against him (see here), here is some further detail. https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2019/07/23/convicted-scottish-gamekeeper-alan-wilson-his-litany-of-wildlife-crimes/
Please watch the video in this news article. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/chris-packhams-fury-out-control-18296411
RSPB press release (4 July 2019): Young peregrine falcon illegally shot A young peregrine had to be euthanised after it was found with a broken wing and a shotgun pellet in its chest. The bird was found in the road at Aldford, part of the Grosvenor Estate, south of Chester, (The Grosvenor Estate represents all …
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Post from Raptor Rersecution Scotland Does anyone recognise this individual? We’d like to know his name. We’d also like to know whether he holds shotgun and firearms certificates. If you think you know who he is, and/or if you know whether he has shotgun and firearms certs, please either comment on the blog (no comments …
6th June Hen harrier chicks will be removed from their parents and reared in captivity this summer in a controversial “brood management” scheme to placate grouse moor owners. Removing young hen harriers from nests on grouse moors is designed to prevent concentrations of the bird of prey on grouse shooting estates. Stopping hen harriers from …
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