Callous killing of rare red kite is blasted by protection groups.

From: Southern Reporter (Selkirk, Scotland) | Date: June 26, 2008 | Copyright information

HOPES that red kites from neighbouring areas will colonise the Borders have taken a blow with the shooting of one of the rare birds of prey.

The injured red kite was discovered last week lying on an upland grouse moor in Berwickshire by a doctor and his children out walking.

The juvenile female was taken to a wildlife vet where x-rays showed she had shotgun wounds to which she eventually succumbed.

Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Superintendent Mike Flynn this week criticised the gunman responsible for the callous killing.

"This is the ...

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