A new study reveals that hen harriers are being killed at an alarming rate on UK grouse moors. Scientists found that gamekeepers are eliminating these birds, which are on the verge of extinction in England, because they hunt red grouse. Conservationists have been tagging hen harriers in the UK for several years and discovered that 72 percent of the birds involved in studies have come up missing. The researchers believe the majority of these birds were killed illegally. Sadly, 83 percent...
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