Pure Poison: Shropshire Gamekeeper Caught Using Toxic Bait

In 2022, a gamekeeper in Berrington near Shrewsbury was caught on camera placing poison-laced pheasant carcasses near a release pen.
Poison bait is used illegally to target birds of prey, however, poisons left out in the open are non-discriminatory and can be eaten by any wildlife that may scavenge, this could be red kites, buzzards, owl species, foxes, even hedgehogs, badgers, otters, stoats, polecats, pine martens, and corvids. There have even been cases of domestic dogs and cats falling victim to poisoned bait.
After discovering decapitated pheasant carcasses next to the pheasant pen that had been slit open and smeared with poison powder, activists took them and sent them for testing.
Poison testing was carried out by the Wildlife Investigation Service at Natural England, and reported to West Mercia Police for investigation.
Cameras were then placed by the Covert Film Unit to catch the cruel gamekeeper in the act to help support the evidence already gathered.
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