{"id":179555,"date":"2025-09-30T07:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T07:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/179555\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T07:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T07:20:10","slug":"fears-missing-golden-eagles-from-dumfries-and-galloway-could-have-come-to-harm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/179555\/","title":{"rendered":"Fears missing golden eagles from Dumfries and Galloway could have come to harm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are investigating the disappearance of golden eagles that may have come to harm.<\/p>\n<p>Officers say a four-year-old satellite-tagged golden eagle named Tarras disappeared in the hills to the north of Langholm.<\/p>\n<p>The bird\u2019s tag has displayed suspicious patterns and data, and there are concerns that it may have come to harm between August 27 and August 29.<\/p>\n<p>A full search of the area where his tag last transmitted has been carried out using specialist resources, including dogs trained in tracing birds and their tags.<\/p>\n<p>Police say neither the bird nor the satellite tag has been recovered.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Tarras\u2019 mate Wren is also missing, and while there is nothing to suggest she has come to harm, concerns are growing for her welfare.<\/p>\n<p>She disappeared at the same time as Tarras, who was translocated to the area in 2021 as part of the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Sergeant David Lynn, National Wildlife Crime Coordinator, said: \u201cThe data received from Tarras\u2019 tag suggests that he has come to harm in the north of Langholm, and efforts remain ongoing to locate him and his tag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot say for certain that Wren has also come to harm, but her disappearance is worrying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur investigation remains ongoing, and we are working with a range of partner agencies to establish more details around the disappearance of both birds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would urge anyone with any information that may assist to contact us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with any information is asked to call 101, quoting reference number 1987 of Friday, September 26, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, please contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111, where anonymity can be maintained.<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are investigating the disappearance of golden eagles that may have come to harm. Officers say a four-year-old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":{"0":"post-179555","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}