Again, deliberately poisoned red kites found in Upper Austria
One discovery dates back to March of this year - at that time, a hunter in Gaspoltshofen (Grieskirchen district) discovered and reported a dead red kite - and a second on May 5, 2025, in Kirchberg near Mattighofen (Braunau district). Both animals died from Carbofuran. In the case of the second bird, an X-ray examination also revealed a pellet in the tail region. Only 2.2 kilometers from the discovery site, another illegally killed red kite was found in 2023, according to BirdLife.
"These two deaths are neither coincidences nor isolated cases," BirdLife Austria project manager Florian Billinger is convinced. Since 2017, at least 17 illegally killed red kites have been documented in Upper Austria, and he estimates the unreported number to be many times higher.
(APA/Red.)
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