Watch this on killing the eagle

[DEREK CANNING LLB[HONS] 20]

is this programme on sky at all???

No, you will have to watch it on You Tube.

[DEREK CANNING LLB[HONS] 20]

Sickening! it's a fecking disgrace. I mean who the hell informed the police in the first place? he'd informed the relevant people by the sounds of it! some interfering do gooding twat i expect who just made things worse. I hope whoever did inform the police has a very guilty concience.

it was defra that informed the police

You mean Nevin Hunter with his friend Shorrock

[DEREK CANNING LLB[HONS] 20]

Yet another RSPCA total f**k up with animals, and as DEFRA they should hang their heads in shame.

They are not bothered about the bird therefore they have no shame.

[whin 463]

wankers and amatuers should had left the bird were it was , or should had been let to go back in gods country scotland

[Catcher 1 639]

Yet another RSPCA total f**k up with animals, and as DEFRA they should hang their heads in shame.

 

 

Agree They should be held responsible for the bird dying Catcher

[410phil 4]

f**king sickening just goes to show what a bunch of f**king idiots they are.

:angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:

[atuddy 179]

i have been on a eagle meet last week with Roy he is a great man

is that u billy?

no billys mate andrew

[DEREK CANNING LLB[HONS] 20]

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/plea...he_informatio_3

 

 

 

Have your say.

[j davies 8]

Yet another RSPCA total f**k up with animals, and as DEFRA they should hang their heads in shame.

 

 

i would not give the RSPCA the fk time of day all do goods but they no fk all about anything all colage educated people, and defra the same they not lived a real live only ever read it out of a book.

i phones them last year about a distressed bird and got fk all back phone or email them about giving them =money for some thing and wow you get call after call they are all after one tho=ing look after them selfs only not the fk animales they are payed to protect. there is prob some one on here that will read this and lets see if they write in and tell us all why the fk they do it for the money and not the love of the animales they are payed to protect.

[fishkeeper 0]

After watching that it makes me sick to think that an organisation like the RSPCA and Defra could allow such things to happen to such a lovely creature as the Golden Eagle. Its about time these people were made to be held responsable for what they do. It makes me vow that i will never ever support such people in the future, and if they want to know why i will sharp tell them. Go on Derek take them to book and give them what they deserve as in my eyes they want castrating with a blunt knife. Fishkeeper

[andri 73]

A SHOWER OF SHITE THEY b*****ds, I BET NO ONE GETS PROSECUTED FOR THIS.ALWAYS THE SAME WITH THEM AND THE COPS.IF THAT WAS YOU OR I WE WOULD STILL BE IN CUSTODY NOW!!!

[otk_girl 0]

It is clear that defra, rspb & rspca have to take a large level of responsibilty for this outrageous incident. But I would also say that Roger Lupton has to take a large portion too. Sorry, but if you fly eagles you should make damn sure you are not flying them in areas where wild eagles live otherwise what else do you expect than for there to be fight? Also why was the eagle taken all the way back to the south of england for rehabbing instead of being handed to a reputable rehab centre in scotland?

[Red Raven 0]

I am not taking anyones side here, but I have wondered if it was really such a good idea to fly trained eagles in the territory of wild eagles. Surely this will only lead to conflict if the wild bird sees the other as a threat and competitor for food, at a time of year when food is scarce. It is nice to be able to let them fly in their natural habitat but this seems to have had drastic consequences despite Mr Roy's expert efforts to save it being undone. Very sad. The poisoning of a Sea Eagle recently in Scotland was also a great tragedy. I have spent many years photographing and studying Booted Eagles, Short Toed Eagles, Bonelli's Eagles and Golden Eagles in the Andalucian mountains near Frigiliana and I have never known any of those species to be tolerant of intruders or competitors, only tolerant of siblings or offspring.

[DEREK CANNING LLB[HONS] 20]

I am not taking anyones side here, but I have wondered if it was really such a good idea to fly trained eagles in the territory of wild eagles. Surely this will only lead to conflict if the wild bird sees the other as a threat and competitor for food, at a time of year when food is scarce. It is nice to be able to let them fly in their natural habitat but this seems to have had drastic consequences despite Mr Roy's expert efforts to save it being undone. Very sad. The poisoning of a Sea Eagle recently in Scotland was also a great tragedy. I have spent many years photographing and studying Booted Eagles, Short Toed Eagles, Bonelli's Eagles and Golden Eagles in the Andalucian mountains near Frigiliana and I have never known any of those species to be tolerant of intruders or competitors, only tolerant of siblings or offspring.

 

 

It is very rare for another eagle to catch an eagle however I do not think anyone with an eagle would fly it where in the known territory of an eagle given that your own eagle could be killed. However given your experience in the field I do see your point if it was a common occurrence.

[Red Raven 0]

Thanks Derek, I have no experience of captive bred raptors, only wild birds. I would then wonder if a captive bred eagle is psychologically different to a wild bird in the fact that in this instance the captive bird attacked a wild one, or as far as I can tell from the video. Does a captive bred/raised Golden Eagle, for example, know it is a Golden Eagle or able to recognise it's own species?

Edited November 8, 2009 by Red Raven