August 2007. One of the 30 red kite chicks sent to Ireland in a project to reintroduce the species there has been found shot dead.
The kite was among a batch taken from Powys to the mountains of County Wicklow six weeks ago.
Police in Ireland are investigating after it was found with seven shotgun pellets .Tony Cross of the Welsh Kite Trust in Rhayader, who worked on the scheme, said the shooting was a setback but did not “invalidate” the plan.
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