What progress is being made in allowing juvenile raptors to be taken from Special Protection Areas to be reared under protective conditions…

Answered Asked by Mark Ruskell Green Lodged 25 Feb 2019

The question

To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made in allowing juvenile raptors to be taken from Special Protection Areas to be reared under protective conditions for subsequent release.

The answer

Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 Mar 2019 · 8 days after it was lodged, on time

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) is currently considering a licence application from the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project.
No other applications to allow juvenile raptors to be taken from Special Protection Areas intended for release have been received by SNH.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S5W-21820 by reference.