Best of 2023, Killing the Skydancer: episode three, An Open Secret – podcast

In this special Age of Extinction mini-series from Science Weekly, which first aired in 2023, the Guardian ’s biodiversity reporter, Phoebe Weston, explores the illegal killing of birds of prey on grouse moors, and asks why it is so difficult to solve these crimes. In the third and final episode, Phoebe finds out more about the pressures that drive people to commit raptor persecution, discovers how the police investigation into the case of Susie’s crushed chicks unfolded, and how Susie, the hen harrier, is doing nowContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 28, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Phoebe Weston, produced by Madeleine Finlay, sound design by Joel Cox the executive producer is Ellie Bury Tags: Science Environment Biodiversity Conservation Birds Animals Wildlife World news Source Type: news