Wedge-tailed eagles poisoned with pesticides in southern NSW are likely victims of ‘foul play’

NSW authorities believe several wedge-tailed eagles found dead in southern NSW last year were deliberately poisoned.

Police discovered the eight dead eagles within 40 metres of each other at Conargo, near Deniliquin, last October, after they were alerted by a member of the public.

A toxicology report by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has since confirmed the eagles were poisoned with pesticides.

The birds of prey have been known to attack livestock, and in the past few years there have been multiple reports of hundreds of wedge-tailed eagles being poisoned in Victoria.

In one case, a farm worker in East Gippsland was jailed for poisoning 406 wedge-tailed eagles by injecting insecticide into lamb carcasses.

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