Appeal for information over protected buzzard shot from vehicle near Emo
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The National Parks & Wildlife Service of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is seeking any information relating to a Buzzard found on the R422 South of Emo, Co Laois.
The National Parks & Wildlife Service is investigating the shooting of a buzzard at 7.50am on Saturday 5th of December.
It was on a tree on the roadside when it was shot with a shotgun. The firearm was discharged from the road on the south of the village. A vehicle was used in this Illegal act.
Buzzards are a protected species. They became extinct in Ireland in the late 19th century but were re-established again on the island the 1930s.