GOLDEN EAGLE IN A TRAP
WING SPREAD OF SEVEN FEET A golden eagle with a steel trap attuehed to a leg was found exhausted on Knockfarril, a conical hill, near Strathpeffer Spa, Ross and Cromarty, recently. It was found by a man walking across the hill. He beat it with a stick, but, before he overcame it, his hands were lacerated and his clothes torn. The eagle is an excellent speciman, its wing spread measuring 7ft. Presumably, it had flown many miles with the trap attached, from some deer forest or high grouse moor in the west of Ross-shire, where the golden eagle, though rare, may still be seen. The steel trap which claimed one of thr\ few remaining British eagles, says thf Morning Post, was no doubt set for ground vermin; but the gins placed for rabbits, rats or stoats not uncommonly victimise birds, both large and small.
Because of the prolonged and violent suflering the steel trap enforces, there has been an agitation in recent years to render its use illegal and a bill to that end is being promoted by Lord Tredegar.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22000, 5 January 1935, Page 2 (Supplement)
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185GOLDEN EAGLE IN A TRAP New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22000, 5 January 1935, Page 2 (Supplement)
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