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'Deep concern' after white-tailed eagle born in Sussex goes missing with two others
- Three satellite-tagged white-tailed eagles have disappeared under highly suspicious circumstances, including a Sussex chick that fledged in the wild, as part of the Isle of Wight reintroduction project led by Forestry England and the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation.
- Since 2019 the Isle of Wight project has released 45 white-tailed eagles, achieving several breeding pairs and six chicks born in the wild for the first time since the 1780s.
- A recovered tag from the River Rother on September 26 showed it was removed with a sharp instrument, while trackers of two other eagles were found deliberately cut off and dumped; searches have been unsuccessful.
- Police Scotland says the disappearance is being treated as suspicious and is asking anyone with information to call 101 or 0800 555 111 quoting PS-20251215-1347, while several police forces and the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit investigate.
- Forestry England warns the targeting could undermine the project's long-term success, mirroring past disappearances and poisonings linked to suspected illegal sale and rodenticide.
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Fears for missing white-tailed eagle as police probe suspicious disappearance
Police have launched a wildlife crime investigation after a satellite-tagged white-tailed eagle vanished in suspicious circumstances near Gladhouse Reservoir, with the bird and its tracking device still missing despite an extensive search.
·Glasgow, United Kingdom
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