Rewards trigger no clues on slain eagle

A $12,000 reward for new information about the fatal shooting of a wedge-tailed eagle on the East Coast has failed to turn up any leads.

The Mercury revealed last week that an eagle had suffered a gunshot wound to its leg and wing, near Orford.

It died a day after arriving at Raptor Refuge at Kettering.

An anonymous benefactor offered $10,000 for any information leading to the identification of the gunman, on top of a $2000 reward already offered by Raptor Refuge’s Craig Webb.

The Department of donate many hours and dollars on various conservation projects and shooting such a majestic bird is a serious matter and is not hunting,” the party said in a statement.

“It is a criminal activity and the culprits must be held accountable and be charged to the full extent of the law.

“The culprits are certainly not law abiding citizens and for some to tar all hunters and shooters with the same brush in unwarranted.”

A spokesman said two Hobart based staff would leave and new staff would be recruited.

Senator Bushby will continue to live in Hobart.

Last year, Senate president Stephen Parry resisted a Liberal Party directive to move his office from Launceston to the Devonport office vacated by Richard Colbeck.

Senator Parry said he had moved from Devonport to Launceston in recent years and was not moving again.

Subsequently, Senator Jonathon Duniam took up the office while Senator Eric Abetz remains based in Hobart.

The four Liberal Senators are outnumbered by 13 Labor, Green and independent representatives in the House of Representatives and Senate.

Senator Bushby expects to open the newly refurbished office on June 19.

It is a criminal activity and the culprits must be held accountable and be charged. Shooters and Fishers Party David Bushby