El Annie
Friday 17th January 2003, 20:22
.......today - http://www.habitat.org.uk/news1.htm
Wild bird thief is first to be jailed................
A bird-snatcher yesterday became the first person in the country to be jailed for stealing a hawk from the wild. Leonard O'Connor, 35, was jailed for four months by Knowsley magistrates after he admitted possession of a wild bird after plundering a goshawk nest. O'Connor, of St Anne's Road, Huyton, also pleaded guilty to making a false declaration to the Department of Environment, Fisheries and Rural Affairs (Defra) in relation to the bird in October 2001, taking two goshawks in May 2000 and being in possession of a goshawk tail. A change in the law in January 2001 means that anyone caught in possession of a wild bird can now face a sentence of up to six months in prison and a £5,000 fine.
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Egg thieves fined £5,000 for 'wildlife crime spree' ...............
Three men were fined a total of £5,000 yesterday after admitting wildlife crimes. The men, from Merseyside, were caught after police seized 30 rolls of film that showed them on a "crime spree" in Scotland. John Latham, 22, of St Helens, was fined £2,500 for offences including stealing the eggs of Arctic terns, great skuas and snipe on Orkney. Michael Stockton, 26, also of St Helens, was fined £2,000 for charges including disturbing the nest of a red-throated diver in Caithness. Andrew Kinsley, 32, of Newton-le-Willows, was fined £500 for stealing two camouflage nets from a nature reserve in Aberdeenshire.
More information -
Telegraph
Scotsman
Herald
Times
Special status lands eagles a golden future.................
Eight pairs of golden eagles can look forward to an easier life after the Scottish Executive yesterday classified more than 110sq miles of Skye as a special protection area (SPA). Crofters and landowners can now be paid for "eagle-friendly land management" by encouraging restoration of heather moorland, maintaining the rabbit population for the eagles to kill, encouraging native woodland restoration, and adapting the way they look after sheep. The eight pairs of Skye eagles range near the Cuillin ridge. The mountains were put on the market almost two years ago.
More information - Herald
Annie :)
Wild bird thief is first to be jailed................
A bird-snatcher yesterday became the first person in the country to be jailed for stealing a hawk from the wild. Leonard O'Connor, 35, was jailed for four months by Knowsley magistrates after he admitted possession of a wild bird after plundering a goshawk nest. O'Connor, of St Anne's Road, Huyton, also pleaded guilty to making a false declaration to the Department of Environment, Fisheries and Rural Affairs (Defra) in relation to the bird in October 2001, taking two goshawks in May 2000 and being in possession of a goshawk tail. A change in the law in January 2001 means that anyone caught in possession of a wild bird can now face a sentence of up to six months in prison and a £5,000 fine.
More information - icLiverpool
Egg thieves fined £5,000 for 'wildlife crime spree' ...............
Three men were fined a total of £5,000 yesterday after admitting wildlife crimes. The men, from Merseyside, were caught after police seized 30 rolls of film that showed them on a "crime spree" in Scotland. John Latham, 22, of St Helens, was fined £2,500 for offences including stealing the eggs of Arctic terns, great skuas and snipe on Orkney. Michael Stockton, 26, also of St Helens, was fined £2,000 for charges including disturbing the nest of a red-throated diver in Caithness. Andrew Kinsley, 32, of Newton-le-Willows, was fined £500 for stealing two camouflage nets from a nature reserve in Aberdeenshire.
More information -
Telegraph
Scotsman
Herald
Times
Special status lands eagles a golden future.................
Eight pairs of golden eagles can look forward to an easier life after the Scottish Executive yesterday classified more than 110sq miles of Skye as a special protection area (SPA). Crofters and landowners can now be paid for "eagle-friendly land management" by encouraging restoration of heather moorland, maintaining the rabbit population for the eagles to kill, encouraging native woodland restoration, and adapting the way they look after sheep. The eight pairs of Skye eagles range near the Cuillin ridge. The mountains were put on the market almost two years ago.
More information - Herald
Annie :)