Peregrine caught in a spring trap in Bowland, Lancashire

This footage, from an RSPB covert camera, shows peregrine persecution on a driven grouse moor in Bowland in April 2016.

[@chasmoonie3403]

Sickening , how cruel is that...………...

[@eminemisdogshit4626]

If i consider a gamekeeper vermin can i do as i please in terms of destroying it

[@bobbyx_x9776]

No wonder so many beautiful birds are decreasing in numbers😢

[@goshawkfoxhill]

Peregrine numbers are on the increase mate

[@jonhandel8159]

It is perfectly legal to use a snare to catch a raptor if you have a falconry license, however, this was done irresponsibly and inhumanely. A nesting bird should not be taken, and a snare/trap should be monitored so the bird can be freed and calmed immediately after it is taken.

[@angearanach1139]

Do solicitors with shooting interests represent the defendants in these cases? Shouldn’t these solicitors recuse themselves from such cases? Check LinkedIn - it’s quite revealing...

[@josephking1947]

Solicitors are paid liars

[@paulirving5728]

Given that this court case failed despite this evidence is just sickening but we must not give up the fight. Why isn't the estate named we all know which it is? The fact that there are essentially no successful Peregrine nests on any privately owned grouse moors yet plenty of traditional peregrine nest sites on them means that this sort of thing cannot be considered to be anything but relatively common. These birds have been protected since 1954 yet this is still happening almost with gov't connivance considering there has been no tightening of the law.

[@EthicalArboriculture]

What happened is clearly wrong, but the case fell apart because of this video, the rspb covert surveillance was carried out illegally and can’t be used.

[@Hydro2oo9]

dave setchell In my opinion it should be legal to beat scumbags like this to death. They are right down there with nonces and rapists. Forget court and forget the law, someone ought to stick the cunt's head in a vice and tighten it until his brain explodes out of his skull.

[@eminemisdogshit4626]

@@Hydro2oo9 Yes!! These thick inbreds might get the message if skulls are cracked

[@simonsmith8966]

Just set the gamekeepers cottage/ house alight one night. If he and family dies sends out a strong message for the next gamekeeper ! With 70+ million people in UK who is going to miss a waste of space family ? Thought so !!

[@mike02439]

Arson , Murder = life sentence

[@josephking1947]

@@mike02439 Killing wildlife for fun or turning them into commodities deserves a death sentence...fuck the gamekeeper and his murdering family

[@kevinturner5857]

U r a particularly sneaky chap .....​@@mike02439

[@mike02439]

This kind of wildlife crime is damaging and irresponsibly stupid and should rightly be condemned . But these isolated cases should not be used to condemn all ( legal ) vermin control and legitimate sport shooting

[@PeowPeowPeowLasers]

Disgusting. All this cruelty so rich people can go and shoot birds for "sport". It isn't sport, the birds aren't willing participants. How about we gather the shooters up and put them in a cage with some hungry lions? Let them play "sport" then.

[@PeowPeowPeowLasers]

Funny how so many more raptors disappear on estates managed for grouse shooting than otherwise, innit?

[@angearanach1139]

dave setchell read the recent eagle report on their fates - at or near grouse moors. In my opinion you evidence a distinct lack of knowledge on this subject as evidenced with your RSPB rubbish.

[@kwhawk1685]

are you referring to the one that was on countryfile?

[@briancooper1227]

Glad to say driven grouse moors will be a thing of the past very soon.

[@SGTsniperkill71638]

brian cooper hopefully this isn’t the case. So many valuable red and amber listed species gone if the moors and keepers go.. The day grouse shooting ends would be a very sad day indeed.

[@sheldream981]

@@SGTsniperkill71638 no it would be the best day of my life

[@SGTsniperkill71638]

@@sheldream981you have no clue, a towny, with no idea why and how the land needs to be managed.

[@Dan-n-Duke-jr2ic]

I know a woman's ass when I see one! She probably cooked it, why was this nest being filmed anyway?