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Drones disturb waterbird flocks and scare geese, swans and ducks away from winter feeding grounds

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Geese, swans and ducks are easily startled by drones, scientists have found.  The flying machines are becoming increasingly common in the UK as the technology becomes cheaper and the devices easier to fly.  However, conservationists from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) found the presence of the whirring machines can trigger fear in the birds, … Read more

Meat theft gang jailed for terrorising farmers by slaughtering flocks of sheep including nine pets

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Three members of a meat theft gang who terrorised farmers by slaughtering flocks of sheep in their fields have been given ‘deterrent’ jail sentences. Northampton Crown Court heard how the three Romanian men, who lived at the same address in Birmingham, took part in a four-month spree of ‘brutal and gruesome’ sheep killings in Northamptonshire … Read more