05.12.2022.

Prosecution brought charges against four hunters who killed strictly protected GPS tagged cinereous vulture and four common buzzards 

Thousands of kilometres long overhead power lines go through our country, transmitting electrical energy to customers. Birds have a liking for these power lines and often sit on electricity pylons or poles and power lines.

The PannonEagle LIFE project team participated in the International conference "Environmental aspects of vegetation maintenance in power line corridors", organized by the company Východoslovenská distribučná, a.s..

Monitoring of Eastern imperial eagles by means of GPS trackers has brought also some happier moments. Thanks to the GPS trackers we know how two female eagles Zora and Jana are doing.

During the monitoring of Eastern imperial eagles by means of GPS trackers we have experienced also a rescue operation. Our colleague, Tomáš Veselovský, from the Raptor Protection of Slovakia remembers it like this:

Did you know that even nowadays there are people deliberately using poison to kill birds of prey? It is incomprehensible deed and moreover it is illegal and dangerous. Be on the watch! Pay attention if you find a dead raptor in the wild. You can help save the lives of other birds.

Monitoring of Eastern imperial eagles with GPS transmitters brings us many interesting data on their life. Thanks to the obtained data we know where exactly the birds fly and breed, whether they are in good health or having troubles.

Offenders watch out - in the field, there are police dogs specifically trained for sniffing out poisoned baits.Using dogs for official police purposes has a long tradition. The police joined forces with them in searching for drugs, people, explosives, it uses them for guarding, for catching criminals and for many other purposes. The news, which the LIFE PannonEagle project brought, is the specialization of police dogs in tracking down high-risk chemicals which are used by offenders to produce poisoned baits in order to kill raptors.

Law enforcement is facilitated, no tolerance for poaching of endangered species

In the past, less attention was given to the issue of illegal poisoning of birds of prey compared to other types of environmental crime.