Hunting shooters
Dawn raid as 50 police swoop on Highland estate in poison inquiry - Scotsman.com News
SCORES of police officers investigating the illegal poisoning of birds of prey have swooped on a Highland estate in one of the largest operations of its kind in Scotland...Four gamekeepers were detained for six hours and police seized a large number of items, including clothing, equipment and documents during the raid at about 6:30am on Thursday.
While the four gamekeepers were questioned at police stations across the region, scores of officers, with staff from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Scotland, the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the National Wildlife Crime Unit, combed the upland estate that runs to several thousand acres.
Police dogs, including one specially trained to detect pesticides, were used in the hunt ...
I hope the weather was nice for them on their day out.