RSPB accuses pigeon fanciers of being behind spate of peregrine falcon poisonings
Birds preying on racing pigeons has sparked tension between different animal campaigning groups over the years
Peregrine Falcon
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Pigeon racers have been accused of poisoning two peregrine falcons after police officers launched a probe into an “inexcusable” attack.
The body of a female nesting peregrine was found last week at a quarry in Clee Hill in Shropshire, and a male peregrine is also believed to have been killed.
It is the latest of several poisoning incidents at the quarry in recent years, which also saw peregrines killed on separate occasions in 2010, 2011, 2015 and 2017.
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