Bird shredder in action, page-15

If it's not the man made turbines, powerlines and vehicles, killing them the farmers will.

THE death toll of 137 poisoned wedge-tailed eagles in East Gippsland is likely to be closer to 400, following revelations those involved in killing the birds had been baiting them for the past 2½ years.CSIRO researcher John McIlroy found “affected individuals lost their ability to stand or fly”, before convulsing the key source in the case said it appeared sheep carcasses were wiped down with the banned sheep drench Luci-jet to kill the eagles.

Luci-jet is highly toxic to birds, with CSIRO research from 1985, stating “seven species of birds in Australia are highly sensitive to the organophosphorous insecticide”, including wedge-tailed eagles.

Ratsak and insecticides are a contributing factor also
through the food chain.