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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton and Patrick Barkham

Police investigate after white-tailed eagles go missing across UK

A white-tailed eagle in flight over a loch in the Inner Hebrides
A white-tailed eagle over Loch na Keal, Mull, Inner Hebrides. The species was driven to extinction in Britain in the early 20th century. Photograph: Mick Durham FRPS/Alamy

One of the first white-tailed eagles to fledge in England for hundreds of years has vanished in suspicious circumstances, alongside two more “devastating” disappearances of the reintroduced raptor.

Police are appealing for public help as they investigate the disappearances, which are a setback to the bird’s successful reintroduction. Their disappearance is being investigated by several police forces and the National Wildlife Crime Unit.

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