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27 birds of prey seized at Shrewsbury address
Friday 7th October 2011, 11:06AM BST.
A pensioner has been arrested on suspicion of causing unnecessary suffering to wildlife after 27 birds of prey were seized from a house in Shrewsbury.
Police said a 67-year-old man was arrested at a property in Boscobel Drive at about 8am yesterday and the birds, which included owls and hawks, had been taken to a safe location.
A spokesman said the man had been bailed.
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