Poison plea after death of eagles

A PLEA was issued yesterday to farmers not to use poison in meat bait after it was confirmed two white-tailed sea eagles found dead in Co Kerry, two weeks ago, had been poisoned.

Toxicology tests at the regional veterinary laboratory in Cork found the young birds, a male and a female, had consumed two different poisons.

The birds were among 15 eaglets brought from Norway to Killarney National Park, last year, as part of a nature conservation project which has met with some sheep farmer opposition.