Shooting Endangered Eagles

Shooting endangered birds on South Australia's west coast:
"Two white-bellied sea eagles and a juvenile coastal raptor have been found with bullet wounds near Searcy Bay, Ceduna and Port Fowler in the past three weeks. In the case of the white-bellied sea eagle, we know that there are only about 50 breeding pairs left in South Australia so they're a very endangered species" abc 171008
Image: C. Spitzweg, Shooter of Eagles, 1875 via Zeno

Update: Birds of prey killed illegally in Scotland: 69 in 2007. "Of these, 37 were confirmed as pesticide or poison abuse killing or threatening raptors...Carbofuran, an agricultural pesticide which has been banned since December 2001, was used in 30 out of the 37 confirmed cases. There were also 78 reports of other types of persecution, such as nest destruction, traps and shooting incidents, down on 85 in 2006." BBC 1108
- Ingestion of Spent Lead Ammunition:Implications for Wildlife and Humans, 2008 ( of blinded eagles starving due to lead)