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- Police are investigating the shooting of Hamlet, a four-year-old golden eagle in Stanhope, Scotland.
- Hamlet relocated from the Outer Hebrides in 2023 as part of the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project.
- A vet confirmed shotgun pellet injuries to Hamlet's wing and Hamlet has recovered and returned to the wild.
- Detective Sergeant David Lynn urged anyone with information to come forward and Michael Clarke of Restoring Upland Nature condemned wildlife crime.
