Police in Bristol are appealing for information after a young peregrine was found injured by the side of the road in Queen Charlton, near Keynsham earlier this month. An x-ray revealed the bird had been shot.
The bird, which had been ringed as a chick in July, is now in the care of a local rehabilitation expert.
More details in The Bristol Post here.
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There are a lot of sick people out there. Hopefully this bird will make a full recovery.
So, so sad and at least the bird has survived and I hope it does make a full recovery. I just can’t understand why some people would do such a thing to such a beautiful creature, as the other person said, just sick….