Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA white-tailed eagle (file image) (PA)Conservationists have expressed deep shock and sadness over the suspicious disappearance of G834, a white-tailed eagle, in the North York Moors. G834 was the first white-tailed eagle to be born in the wild in Dorset for 240 years, as part of a rewilding project to reintroduce the species to England. North Yorkshire Police are investigating the incident after the bird's satellite tag stopped transmitting overnight into 1 May, with its disappearance being treated as suspicious by the National Wildlife Crime Unit. The reintroduction project, which began in 2019, has released 45 eagles, with G834 being one of the few born in the wild, and has seen five more chicks born since. This incident follows previous cases of persecution, with police investigating the disappearance of three other white-tailed eagles last year and two deaths in 2022. In full‘Shock’ as rare white-tailed eagle born in UK disappears in suspicious circumstancesThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Suspicious disappearance of rare white-tailed eagle – what we know
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA white-tailed eagle (file image) (PA)Conservationists have expressed deep shock and sadness over the suspicious disappearance of G834, a white-tailed eagle, in the North York Moors. G834 was the first white-tailed eagle to be born in the wild in Dorset for 240 years, as part of a rewilding project to reintroduce the species to England. North Yorkshire Police are investigating the incident after the bird's satellite tag stopped transmitting overnight into 1 May, with its disappearance being treated as suspicious by the National Wildlife Crime Unit. The reintroduction project, which began in 2019, has released 45 eagles, with G834 being one of the few born in the wild, and has seen five more chicks born since. This incident follows previous cases of persecution, with police investigating the disappearance of three other white-tailed eagles last year and two deaths in 2022. In full‘Shock’ as rare white-tailed eagle born in UK disappears in suspicious circumstancesThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
White-tailed eagle G834, first wild-born in England in 240 years, disappeared May 1st from North York Moors; suspected foul play under investigation by wildlife crime unit. Reintroduction project (2019, 45 released) has lost 5 birds, threatening programme credibility and EU rewilding funding sustainability.
