Crimewatch Live BBC 1 10am - 10:45am 9th March 2023 (1 Viewer)

[Peewit]

Crimewatch live on BBC 1 - 9th March 2023 - 10 am - 10:45 am​

I watched Crimewatch live this morning on BBC 1 from 10am - 10:45am

I would think 8 minutes before the end of the program (of 45 mins) an article appeared about the 5 Goshawks that which where found dead in the Wordwell, Bury St Edmunds, and Thetford areas of the UK. I wish the article was longer but there you go.

There is now a 16,000 pound award for anyone who can help with Police enquires and led to a conviction
So at least this incident has has been taken seriously by the Police and placed on a Crimewatch Live as it should be (about time too)

Regards
Kathy and Dave

 

[Peewit]

Crimewatch Live - Series 17: Episode 4

How a serial rapist who appeared on a reality TV show was eventually caught.

www.bbc.co.uk

Link to programme

 

[Peewit]

Please place your thoughts on this matter.

I am in the mind set of money rules and it may be not a good thing

 

[Peewit]

Some more information

Link to the RSPB website

Five shot goshawks found in forest: Suffolk Police and RSPB issue big appeal for information - Investigations - Our work - The RSPB Community

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community.rspb.org.uk

Link the former wildlife crimes committed crimes and people being let off off for doing their dirty deeds (makes you think)

Wildlife Crime | Yet more lenient sentencing – The WAR ON WILDLIFE Project

waronwildlife.co.uk

Link about the Goshawks in general

Five goshawks shot & dumped in King’s Forest, Suffolk: Police appeal for information

Yesterday evening, Suffolk Police’s Rural, Wildlife & Heritage Unit posted an appeal on Twitter asking for information about the discovery of five young goshawks, reportedly shot and dump…

raptorpersecutionuk.org

 

[Peewit]

Five goshawks shot and dumped in Suffolk woodland

The corpses were found in King's Forest yesterday evening.

www.birdguides.com

The Birdguides link

 

[Xenospiza]

Hi Kathy, it's not easy to find but there were two threads on this subject earlier this year.
But we all know who do these kind of things...
There's very little you can do as a birder but keep your eyes open when you are in an area where raptors occur.

 

[Peewit]

Hi there

Thank you for drawing my attention to the repeated threads in the BirdForum.

I have not been on the BirdForum a lot as you will know for a while now

Yes, I agree we do know the kind of Criminals who do these kinds of things

The Crimewatch link is new if it has not been posted in other threads on the BirdForum.

This is me hope to get stuck in posting once more on here and get up to date with things once more.

 

[Andy Lakin]

Makes you wonder how many pairs of rare/ unusual raptors there would be in the U.K if it wasn't for persecution. Obviously this also affects Golden Eagles, Hen Harriers etc. Surely the numbers of Buzzards getting killed must be pretty high and I would put money on species such as Marsh Harriers are also taken at times but they don't seem to get picked up/ reported. I don't have the figures to hand but it definitely seems to be getting worse.How do you even get the opportunity to shoot 5 Goshawks I know they aren't mega rare at the right locations, but surely that could mean that they no longer breed in that general area

 

[Andy Lakin]

The perpetrators of these types of crimes must be absolute morons why would you draw attention to the crime. There must be a million and one ways to dispose of the evidence discreetly!

When people are caught is their shotgun licence automatically revoked? I was thinking today that a gamekeeper convicted of wildlife crimes may be an attractive employee to certain people as they have proved that they can keep their mouth shut as I very much doubt that they would put their liberty at danger without at least a little encouragement.

 

[Farnboro John]

The perpetrators of these types of crimes must be absolute morons why would you draw attention to the crime. There must be a million and one ways to dispose of the evidence discreetly!

When people are caught is their shotgun licence automatically revoked? I was thinking today that a gamekeeper convicted of wildlife crimes may be an attractive employee to certain people as they have proved that they can keep their mouth shut as I very much doubt that they would put their liberty at danger without at least a little encouragement.

The courts routinely leave gamekeepers their shotgun certificate as they can't do their job without it. I can't think of a single other instance in which the commission of a firearms related crime would result in the perpetrator keeping their certificate and it is the main thing that needs to change.

John