Scottish government urged to regulate grouse moors after golden eagles vanish
by Severin Carrell Scotland editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#4J9B7)
Call to outlaw intensive grouse shooting after disappearance of two juvenile eagles
Conservationists have urged the Scottish government to regulate grouse moors after two golden eagles disappeared within hours of each other on a shooting estate in Perthshire.
The two juvenile eagles were fitted with satellite tags which abruptly stopped sending out signals on 18 April - the latest of a spate of cases where birds of prey have disappeared or been found dead in the same area of Perthshire, known as Strathbraan, near Dunkeld.
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