Wildlife service investigating fatal poisoning of protected white-tailed eagle in Midlands

Wildlife service investigating fatal poisoning of protected white-tailed eagle in Midlands

A white-tailed eagle takes flight by the Tarbert Estuary, Co Kerry. File Picture: Valerie O'Sullivan

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has issued an appeal for information on the death of a white-tailed eagle in the Midlands.

The year-old male eagle died after ingesting a poison used as pest-control. It was found on lands between Lough Ramar, Co Cavan and Lough Sheelin, Co Westmeath last November.

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