Reintroduction of sea eagle to continue despite poisonings

DESPITE the recent death of another white-tailed sea eagle after consuming a banned poison, the project to reintroduce the spectacular birds of prey to the south-west is to continue.

Reintroduction of sea eagle to continue despite poisonings

A priority, according to project director Dr Allan Mee, is to resolve the poisoning problem — regarded as the only real threat to the eagle conservation scheme.

“Overall, the project has been going very well and if poisoning was taken out of the equation, it would be absolutely successful,” he suggested.

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