A man has been arrested over the illegal killing of protected red kites in Cumbria.
The arrest followed a police raid on a farm in the Ulverston area on Tuesday, during which a number of firearms and illegally held poisons were seized.
A Cumbria Police spokesman said the man was arrested on suspicion of intentionally killing a protected wild bird and firearms offences.
Red kites are protected under the Wildlife Act.
Officers from Natural England assisted police officers in the search of the farm.
The force spokesman said: "The operation came about as a result of inquiries into the illegal poisoning and shooting of red kites.
"A number of illegal poisons and pesticides were found and removed and several firearms seized.
"The items removed from the farm will be safely disposed of by Natural England."
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This is totally unbelievable in this day and age. Is this person and ingrate or what? There can be no excuse for this today, with all the knowledge that is readily available about this species it is obvious that it can do no harm to him at all.
To prove a point the Kites do not harm young lambs, the people at Gigrin Feeding Centre in Mid Wales actually fed the kites in THE VERY field where all the new lambs were born. They were totally ignored by the kites. www.gigrin.co.uk/gigrin_farm.html
Mark
Hi Folks,
There is already a thread about this on the forums under Wildlife Protection. I can't give you a link as the page won't load!
Cheers, Linda.
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