Overview
- A passerby reported a dead red kite around 19:00 on March 19 near the Stöckemer Holz forest parcel in Hemmersheim.
- Fachkommissariat 12 of the Nuremberg criminal police is leading an investigation under the Federal Nature Conservation Act and the Animal Protection Act.
- Investigators say the circumstances point to deliberate poisoning and seek reports of suspicious activity on local field paths on March 17 and 18.
- Witnesses are asked to contact the Kriminaldauerdienst Mittelfranken at 0911 2112-3333.
- Police cite a 2024 case in the same municipality where a red kite was proven poisoned with carbofuran, a highly toxic nerve agent banned in the EU since 2008.