Trust calls for 'wildlife crime unit' after mass buzzard poisoning in Cork

A buzzard looking for prey from a roadside tree near Ballymaloe, East Cork. More than 20 buzzards were killed with a banned pesticide near Timoleague in West Cork. Picture Dan Linehan

Conservationists have called for tough new laws and the creation of a wildlife crime unit following the mass poisoning of 22 buzzards, a protected bird species, in West Cork.