Police investigate after dead sparrowhawk found in East Yorkshire
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Police are appealing for information after a sparrowhawk was found shot dead near Keyingham.
It is suspected to have been killed on or around October 16 near the quarry and Boyes Lane in Keyingham.
A Humberside Police spokesman said: "We treat the persecution of birds of prey as a wildlife crime and will fully investigate all such incidents."
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