Banning Grouse Shooting in Scotland

[scotslad]

Has it been proven that these raptors were poisoned at feeding stations by protectionists unknowingly feeding them contaminated meat? Or is this the same type of speculation the protectionists used when blaming keepers for these raptor deaths?

 

If the answers to the above questions are yes then shooting from the lip will do more harm than good!

 

To my knowledge its never ever came out wot chemicals birds were poisoned with so ur right to early to start pointing fingers.

 

But surely it should be looked at?

Police were quick enough to go round mob handed kicking doors down.

 

The science makes sense as predators will accumulate higher levels of chemicals/pollutants etc in their body even in the wild (DDT), so if predators are relying almost 100% on carrion with high levels of flukeicide or other drugs in it, it could easily build up. Throu the winter is the time when fluke treatments are used the most, also bit of a strange time for a keeper poisoning birds, no poults at wood or real harm being done, and by time summer comes al the vacant territories will be filled making it pointless

 

But even on the practical side u'd have to be a pretty stupid keeper to keep puting baits out in same area after BoP's are being found dead everywhere around u, everyone knows where finger will point first/last

I don't believe any keeper would be stupid enough to keep doing it risking his house, job, guns etc, when it was so public

 

A few things about this have never made much sense