Crackdown comes amid concerns approximately illegal persecution of birds of prey shot,poisoned or trapped by gamekeepers and farmers in ScotlandHighland estates could be forced to apply for licences to shoot grouse in a further crackdown by Scottish ministers on the illegal persecution of birds of prey.
Aileen McLeod, the Scottish environment minister, and said she had ordered a review into the stricter legal controls imposed on game estates in Europe as conservationists disclosed that at least 779 protected birds had been illegally killed over a 20-year period in Scotland.
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Source: theguardian.com