Published by Robert L Senior Reporter on Monday, 8th July 2024, at 11:00hrs
A man has been charged by officers investigating the shooting of a Tawny Owl and Wood Pigeon in Colne back in March this year.
In a social media update, Colne and West Craven Police said,
“Back in March 2024 the Ribble Valley Rural Taskforce investigated a report of a male putting two dead birds, a tawny owl and a wood pigeon, into a wheelie bin in Colne.
Officers recovered the birds and it transpired they had been shot with an air weapon. A suspect was identified and later interviewed under caution by officers.
The male, from Colne, has now been charged with killing a non-schedule 1 wild bird, causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal and possessing an air weapon in a public place. He is due to attend Blackburn Magistrates Court on Thursday 22nd August 2024
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