Governments unite to tackle bird poisoning

THE Irish and Scottish governments are to work together to tackle the illegal poisoning of golden and white-tailed eagles and other birds of prey.

Fourteen of the 55 white-tailed eagles introduced to Killarney National Park as part of a novel conservation project have died, seven of them from poisoning.

Kerry Gardaí and the Department of Agriculture are continuing to investigate the eagle deaths, which have led to bitter controversy and denials from farming organisations that the birds were deliberately poisoned.