I think you may call this a sensational judgment by the Grenoble Court of Appeal, following a French poacher's shooting of a WTE released into the wild in Sept 2023, shot in Feb 2024.
Pygargue abattu : la Cour d’appel revoit à la hausse le préjudice écologique
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22 mai 2025
https://www.lpo.fr/qui-sommes-nous/espa ... ecologique
He has to pay around 116 000 €!!! This is one of the largest sums I've ever heard about regarding such a crime.
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"This is a major victory because the judges listened to the scientists and took ecological damage into account. Only severe penalties can deter such acts of wanton cruelty, which jeopardize years of conservation efforts."
Allain Bougrain Dubourg
President of the LPO
<LPO: Ligue pour la protection des oiseaux.>
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Great footage, amazing documentary!
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RETURN - a 50-year story of repair, resilience, and White-tailed Eagles
Quote: "See the incredible return of White-tailed Eagles, through the voices of the people who made it happen. You’ll meet the group of dedicated conservationists who brought the White-tailed Eagle back, and the next generation who are continuing the story. You’ll see stunning footage of White-tailed Eagles as they soar over Scotland, and some of their more recent home, in the south coast of England."
YT-link right here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uInFdcL876I
If you like subtitles, you can choose the original English-UK- subtitles (not the automatically generated subs.)
Brought to you by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
https://www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happening ... led-eagles
RETURN - a 50-year story of repair, resilience, and White-tailed Eagles
Quote: "See the incredible return of White-tailed Eagles, through the voices of the people who made it happen. You’ll meet the group of dedicated conservationists who brought the White-tailed Eagle back, and the next generation who are continuing the story. You’ll see stunning footage of White-tailed Eagles as they soar over Scotland, and some of their more recent home, in the south coast of England."
YT-link right here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uInFdcL876I
If you like subtitles, you can choose the original English-UK- subtitles (not the automatically generated subs.)
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WTE-female called Minna
In September 2025 it was reported in Finnish media that WTE-female called Minna equipped with a satellite tracker had been found dead in Rügen, Germany. Minna was found injured on Aug 11th 2020 in Kuopio (eastern central Finland) as an adult. She was in poor condition and thin because she had a spoonbait with some 60 cm of fishing line hanging on the side her lower mandible. The spoonbait with its hooks had injured her tongue and the soft tissues of the mandible. Minna was taken to an animal hospital where the spoonbill was removed and she was given medical treatment. She recovered well: she got her appetite back and gained weight fast.
On Aug 28th 2020 Minna was found well enough to be released back in nature. She was equipped with a satellite tracker and named Minna after her 'nurse' Minna Pellinen.
Minna spent the summers in Finland and winters in Germany. She was an adult when she was found, with estimated age 6 years, but she never bred during the time she was followed. The place where she was found dead was near an occupied nest so it was assumed that she was probably killed in a territorial fight.
(See article by The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation:
https://www.sll.fi/pohjois-savo/minna-merikotka/
and Iltalehti Sep 29th 2025:
https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/dc43 ... 3829d3de7d
Both are in Finnish but you can try a translator. I didn't find anything in English.)
Aarne Hagman made a summary of Minna's travels with a video of her registered movements.
https://aarnehagman.fi/merikotka-minnan-tarina/
In September 2025 it was reported in Finnish media that WTE-female called Minna equipped with a satellite tracker had been found dead in Rügen, Germany. Minna was found injured on Aug 11th 2020 in Kuopio (eastern central Finland) as an adult. She was in poor condition and thin because she had a spoonbait with some 60 cm of fishing line hanging on the side her lower mandible. The spoonbait with its hooks had injured her tongue and the soft tissues of the mandible. Minna was taken to an animal hospital where the spoonbill was removed and she was given medical treatment. She recovered well: she got her appetite back and gained weight fast.
On Aug 28th 2020 Minna was found well enough to be released back in nature. She was equipped with a satellite tracker and named Minna after her 'nurse' Minna Pellinen.
Minna spent the summers in Finland and winters in Germany. She was an adult when she was found, with estimated age 6 years, but she never bred during the time she was followed. The place where she was found dead was near an occupied nest so it was assumed that she was probably killed in a territorial fight.
(See article by The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation:
https://www.sll.fi/pohjois-savo/minna-merikotka/
and Iltalehti Sep 29th 2025:
https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/dc43 ... 3829d3de7d
Both are in Finnish but you can try a translator. I didn't find anything in English.)
Aarne Hagman made a summary of Minna's travels with a video of her registered movements.
https://aarnehagman.fi/merikotka-minnan-tarina/
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Using Regurgitated Pellets From White-Tailed Sea-Eagles as Noninvasive Samples to Assess Lead Exposure Caused by Hunting in Germany
April 2021
Andrea-Carolin Menzel
University of Hamburg
Oliver Krone
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... in_Germany
Anthropogenic lead intoxication is the most frequent cause of death of White-tailed Sea-Eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) in Germany. Most lead fragments are ingested by eagles feeding on carcasses and viscera of game animals shot with lead-based ammunition left in the wild by hunters. We investigated how many regurgitated pellets contained metal fragments and hypothesized a correlation between the presence of metal fragments and (1) the hunting season, (2) the ban of lead in rifle ammunition, and (3) the frequency of specific prey animals in the pellets. We collected 273 regurgitated pellets, radiographed them for metal fragments, and analyzed the prey composition. The metal elements were identified using micro x-ray fluorescence. Metal particles were found in 9.2% of pellets; 24 fragments consisted of lead and one fragment was mostly copper. A higher proportion (14.3%) of contaminated pellets was detected during the hunting season from September through February. During the non-hunting season from March through August, 7.6% of the regurgitated pellets were contaminated. Furthermore, there was a significant positive correlation between the presence of mammalian remains in the pellets and metal contamination (general linear model, z = 2.16, P = 0.03). Our results indicate a correlation between the increased activity of hunters in winter and the occurrence of metal in regurgitated pellets of White-tailed Sea-Eagles......
April 2021
Andrea-Carolin Menzel
University of Hamburg
Oliver Krone
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... in_Germany
Anthropogenic lead intoxication is the most frequent cause of death of White-tailed Sea-Eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) in Germany. Most lead fragments are ingested by eagles feeding on carcasses and viscera of game animals shot with lead-based ammunition left in the wild by hunters. We investigated how many regurgitated pellets contained metal fragments and hypothesized a correlation between the presence of metal fragments and (1) the hunting season, (2) the ban of lead in rifle ammunition, and (3) the frequency of specific prey animals in the pellets. We collected 273 regurgitated pellets, radiographed them for metal fragments, and analyzed the prey composition. The metal elements were identified using micro x-ray fluorescence. Metal particles were found in 9.2% of pellets; 24 fragments consisted of lead and one fragment was mostly copper. A higher proportion (14.3%) of contaminated pellets was detected during the hunting season from September through February. During the non-hunting season from March through August, 7.6% of the regurgitated pellets were contaminated. Furthermore, there was a significant positive correlation between the presence of mammalian remains in the pellets and metal contamination (general linear model, z = 2.16, P = 0.03). Our results indicate a correlation between the increased activity of hunters in winter and the occurrence of metal in regurgitated pellets of White-tailed Sea-Eagles......
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White-Tailed Eagles’ (Haliaeetus albicilla) Exposure to Anticoagulant Rodenticides and Causes of Poisoning in Poland (2018–2020)
Februar 22
Bartosz Sell 1,*, Tomasz Śniegocki 1, Marta Giergiel 1, Andrzej Posyniak 1
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8878881/
The white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) is strictly protected in Poland due to its threat of extinction. This study’s main goal was to assess their exposure to indirect poisoning by anticoagulant rodenticides (AR). This study presents the investigation results of 40 white-tailed eagles’ suspected poisoning cases in the years 2018–2020 in Poland. In all tested liver samples, using a liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry method, at least one of the AR (bromadiolone, brodifacoum, difenacoum, flocoumafen) was detected and confirmed. The other tested AR compounds (chlorophacinone, coumachlor, coumatetralyl, difethialone, diphacinone, warfarin) were not detected. The mean concentration of the sum of rodenticides was 174.4 µg/kg (from 2.5 to 1225.0 µg/kg). In 20 cases, the sum concentration was above 100 µg/kg and in 10 cases it was above 200 µg/kg. Interpretation of cases of AR poisonings should take into account their concentration in the liver, anatomopathological lesions, circumstances of death/finding of the animal, and elimination of other possible causes of poisoning. Based on this study, AR was the direct cause of death in 10% of incidents. Extensive use of rodenticides generates a high risk of poisonings of white-tailed eagles in Poland......
Februar 22
Bartosz Sell 1,*, Tomasz Śniegocki 1, Marta Giergiel 1, Andrzej Posyniak 1
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8878881/
The white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) is strictly protected in Poland due to its threat of extinction. This study’s main goal was to assess their exposure to indirect poisoning by anticoagulant rodenticides (AR). This study presents the investigation results of 40 white-tailed eagles’ suspected poisoning cases in the years 2018–2020 in Poland. In all tested liver samples, using a liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry method, at least one of the AR (bromadiolone, brodifacoum, difenacoum, flocoumafen) was detected and confirmed. The other tested AR compounds (chlorophacinone, coumachlor, coumatetralyl, difethialone, diphacinone, warfarin) were not detected. The mean concentration of the sum of rodenticides was 174.4 µg/kg (from 2.5 to 1225.0 µg/kg). In 20 cases, the sum concentration was above 100 µg/kg and in 10 cases it was above 200 µg/kg. Interpretation of cases of AR poisonings should take into account their concentration in the liver, anatomopathological lesions, circumstances of death/finding of the animal, and elimination of other possible causes of poisoning. Based on this study, AR was the direct cause of death in 10% of incidents. Extensive use of rodenticides generates a high risk of poisonings of white-tailed eagles in Poland......