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White-tailed eagles, such as this one pictured, are protected under UK law<\/p>\n
A large bird of prey has gone missing in mid-Wales after its satellite tag was cut off and hidden in a remote area, investigators have said.<\/p>\n
Dyfed-Powys Police and the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit have appealed for information into the “suspicious disappearance” of a white-tailed eagle in Newtown, Powys.<\/p>\n
They are the UK’s largest bird of prey with a wingspan of up to 2.5m (8.2ft) and are monitored by the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation. They are protected under UK legislation, making it illegal to kill, injure or take them.<\/p>\n
Police have urged anyone who was in the following areas to contact officers: <\/p>\n
Officers said the bird’s satellite tag was found in nearby remote woodland and they believed it was likely removed with a knife before being hidden.<\/p>\n
Many birds of prey, such as white-tailed eagles, golden eagles and hen harriers, are fitted with tags for scientific research and conservation reasons.<\/p>\n
The force said efforts to find the bird had so far been unsuccessful, despite analysis of DNA and fingerprints.<\/p>\n
It comes as police forces in England investigate the disappearance of two other white-tailed eagles<\/a>, including a chick born in the wild earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n What is a white-tailed eagle?<\/p>\n The eagles, also known as sea eagles, were hunted to extinction in England by 1780<\/a> and Scotland by 1918<\/a>.<\/p>\n