Environment Minister provides clarity on Ross-shire Massacre

26 December 2014

Environment Minister Aileen McLeod has issued a statement on the ilegal killing of 22 raptors in Ross-shire earlier this year. She emphasises that the poisoning of those birds was indeed a criminal act, despite Police Scotland’s claims that the birds were probably not deliberately targeted but died as a result of being accidental victims of pest control measures. Details here.