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The BBC reports

Bird conservation charity the RSPB has quit a “failed” project to protect birds of prey in a national park.

Peak District Bird of Prey Initiative began in 2011 to boost the numbers of birds – known as raptors – in the area.

But the charity said some species numbers had actually fallen and that illegal killing of such birds had not been tackled effectively.

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