June 20
2018
The PSNI
have launched an investigation after a pair of protected birds died after being
poisoned in Co Down.
The Royal
Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) NI and the PSNI have appealed for
information after the pair of protected red kites died.
A male
bird was found in distress close to a known nest site in the Katesbridge area
on April 24. A member of the public alerted RSPB NI but the bird died shortly
afterwards.
When the
RSPB NI red kite project officer attended the scene, she found the female
parent bird immobile on the nest – she too was dead. A rescue mission was
launched in an attempt to save three orphaned eggs found in the nest beneath
the deceased mother.
The
bodies of the parent birds were collected and taken for toxicology testing by
the PSNI. This has now revealed that both birds – known as Blue 21 and Red 63
because of their identifying tags - died from Carbofuran poisoning.
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