Most of the birds of prey that die in this country are poisoned by gamekeepers who do it illegally to protect their stock of gamebirds. This of course is so that some prick with a gun can come and shoot at these often hand reared game birds.
The difference between me and those criminal gamekeepers is, they think the Hen Harrier, Red Kite and Golden Eagle are parasites. While I think the rich shooters, and the gamekeeper himself are the true parasites.
The killing of birds of prey is fairly common up here in Scotland where many so called "Shooting Estates" have their miserable existence. Most of these estates are owned by holding companies many of them registered in places like Lichtenstein for tax purposes, and many more being owned by people who do not live in Scotland, but in France Germany Denmark and England. Have a look at this site look at Sutherland my county and see how many estate owners live on their estates.
The only thing that makes me want to pick up a gun and shoot someone is this senseless killing of native wildlife for the benefit of foreign bastards.
Giok