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Grampian area of Scotland (where SRPBA are very actively involved in the local PAW group and
our members' estates, mostly with game shooting interests are working in partnership in the local
Grampian Raptor Watch project). This shows the way forward; working in partnership using a sound
evidence base, not polarised views and media hype.
The land management industry particularly applauds the role of high quality science in fi nally
stamping out this problem. Laboratories such as SASA conduct the impartial analysis needed to
ensure that speculation does not run rampant.
6.5 Monitoring carbofuran abuse in Scotland
Michael J. Taylor
Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA): A Scientifi c Division
of the Scottish Governments Rural Payments and Inspections Directorate,
Roddinglaw Road, Edinburgh
6.5.1 Introduction
In July of 1988, a most peculiar pigeon carcass was discovered on a boundary between a fi eld of
cereal and woodland in a small village located towards the east coast of Scotland. The carcass had
been cut open, and the exposed fl esh was covered with a blue granular substance (Figure 6.2a). It
was submitted to SASA for chemical analysis where it was identifi ed as the fi rst reported case of
Figure 6.2a Pigeon carcass baited with blue granules found in 1998 in a small village on the east
coast of Scotland
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