A police investigation is underway in Derbyshire after the recent discovery of six dead buzzards. All had been poisoned.
On February 22nd 2010, two dead buzzards were found in Jebbs Lane, Idridgehay, near Ashbourne. Tests showed they had been poisoned.
On April 7th 2010, a farmer discovered 4 dead buzzards to the north of Kirk Ireton, near Ashbourne – just a few miles north of the Idridgehay poisonings. The 4 dead buzzards were found next to the body of a dead pheasant and tests showed that the pheasant had been used as a poisoned bait.
Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/8634955.stm
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