Three more hen harriers disappear

Totally appalling as well as sadly not surprising!

According to the Raptor Persecution website, it took a Freedom of Information request to Natural England before this was known... although it was said that Natural England knew about the disappearances for months.

raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2021/01/13/is-this-why-natural-england-doesnt-want-to-talk-about-missing-hen-harriers/

This from the same website:


“They disappear in the same way political dissidents in authoritarian dictatorships have disappeared” (Stephen Barlow, 22 January 2021).



Today the list has been updated to include some others whose reported disappearances in 2020 have been confirmed, including Bronwyn (here) and Rosie (here), bringing the current running total to 51 hen harriers....

.....This assertion was made shortly before the publication of a devastating new scientific paper that demonstrated that 72% of satellite-tagged hen harriers were confirmed or considered likely to have been illegally killed, and this was ten times more likely to occur over areas of land managed for grouse shooting relative to other land uses."


raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2021/01/22/51-hen-harriers-confirmed-illegally-killed-or-missing-since-2018/