{"id":181126,"date":"2023-10-29T07:11:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T07:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=181126"},"modified":"2023-10-29T07:11:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T07:11:06","slug":"chris-packhams-goshawk-chick-sniff-is-not-a-crime-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/world-news\/chris-packhams-goshawk-chick-sniff-is-not-a-crime-police-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Packham&apos;s goshawk chick &apos;sniff&apos; is NOT a crime, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Chris Packham&#8217;s &#8216;instinctive&#8217; goshawk chick &#8216;sniff&#8217; on BBC&#8217;s The One Show is NOT a crime, police say: Springwatch star sparked criminal probe amid claim he disturbed protected bird of prey<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Chris Packham&#8217;s sniff of goshawk chick is at centre of police probe<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chris\u00a0Packham&#8217;s sniffing of goshawk chicks on BBC&#8217;s The One Show is not a crime because the act was &#8216;purely instinctive&#8217;, police have concluded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Springwatch star, 62, sparked a criminal probe\u00a0amid claims the presenter&#8217;s actions were a &#8216;disturbance&#8217; to the protected species.<\/p>\n<p>The environmental campaigner had wrote on social media that he was set to appear on the show and would &#8216;get up close and very personal with some New Forest goshawks&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hampshire Police launched an investigation amid claims Mr Packham breached the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 when he was televised promoting the return of goshawks to the Hampshire national park.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr Packham told The Telegraph\u00a0he merely sniffed the birds to detect their &#8216;characteristic scent or perfume&#8217; &#8211; while they were also ringed and sexed in line with a licence provided by the British Trust for Ornithology.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/18\/77119815-12683459-image-a-6_1698515938889.jpg\" height=\"684\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chris Packham&#8217;s sniffing of goshawk chicks on BBC &#8216;s The One Show in June is not a crime because the act was &#8216;purely instinctive&#8217;, police have concluded<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/18\/77119813-12683459-image-a-7_1698515943392.jpg\" height=\"649\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Springwatch star sparked a criminal probe amid claims his actions were a &#8216;disturbance&#8217; to the protected species\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Under the licence the species can be taken from their nests for scientific and conservation purposes, such as ringing and recording biometrics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ringers are also allowed to enable photos of the birds as long as it does not cause them any disturbance or harm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hampshire Police wrote to the man who made the complaint\u00a0to confirm no charges will be brought and the case is now closed.<\/p>\n<p>The email said officers concluded the birds remained unharmed during the television clip.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Chris Packham&#8217;s sniff of goshawk chick on BBC&#8217;s The One Show is at centre of police probe over claims that it was a &#8216;disturbance&#8217; of a protected species<\/h3>\n<p>The investigating officer said: &#8216;The bird in question has not appeared to have been caused any harm and nothing was done with intent to harm any birds or act recklessly.&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the time,\u00a0Mr Packham denied having done anything wrong or illegal, adding that the people concerned should &#8216;worry less about a naturalist having an occasional sniff&#8217; and instead focus on illegal poaching of the protected species.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Goshawks are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which enshrines the safety of all birds, their nest and eggs in law.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As well as making the deliberate killing, injuring or capturing of any wild bird a crime, it also makes it illegal to &#8216;intentionally or recklessly disturb any wild bird listed on Schedule 1 while it is nest building, or at a nest containing eggs or young, or disturb the dependent young of such a bird&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The footage was filmed in the New Forest over the course of a morning for the BBC&#8217;s The One Show, but one expert on birds of prey has said there&#8217;s &#8216;absolutely no excuse&#8217; for it to take so long.<\/p>\n<p>Jemima Parry-Jones told the Telegraph the filming should be done as quickly as possible and in a way to minimise harm, adding: &#8216;When the face of a human, effectively their only natural predator, appears over the edge of a nest it will cause them huge distress.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>MailOnline has contacted Hampshire Police for comment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12683459\/chris-packham-springwatch-goshawk-chick-sniff-bbc-one-not-crime-police.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Packham&#8217;s &#8216;instinctive&#8217; 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