{"id":14432,"date":"2011-12-25T19:12:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-25T19:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/2011\/12\/25\/another-transmitter-equipped-lesser-spotted-eagle-dies-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2011-12-25T19:12:43","modified_gmt":"2011-12-25T19:12:43","slug":"another-transmitter-equipped-lesser-spotted-eagle-dies-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milvus.ro\/en\/another-transmitter-equipped-lesser-spotted-eagle-dies-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Another transmitter-equipped Lesser Spotted Eagle dies in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>According to the data we received from K\u00f6ves\u2019s transmitter, the signals have been coming from the same location \u2013 the town of Mubende in Uganda since 4.11.2011. The last signal from K\u00f6ves came on 17.11.2011. The fact that the signals have been coming from the same location has made us wonder if the bird is still alive or it was captured, or lost its transmitter.\n\n\n\nLater on we got more data about K\u00f6ves from Achilles Byaruhanga of Uganda Wildlife Authority through Moldov\u00e1n Istv\u00e1n and Keith Betton, manager of the \u201cAfrican Bird Club\u201d Association. Here\u2019s what Mr. Byaruhanga told us about K\u00f6ves: \u201cWhen the security personnel acknowledged the presence of the transmitter-equipped bird, they took it to the police station (arrested it) until they would get more data about it. We only collaborated with our colleagues from the Uganda Wildlife Authority to recover the bird\u2019s body (for which we had to pay bail!) We were told that the bird had fed itself on a poisoned goat and had died somewhere near Mubende wherefrom it had been taken to the police station. Briefly, we took the bird, registered the information from its rings (mounted on its feet) and kept it in our University Museum together with the transmitter. If the transmitter is still operational, you will see this from the change in its position and if not, than it is possible that it was deteriorated while in police custody. \u201c On a later date we received further proof of the fact that K\u00f6ves was no longer alive, i.e. photos of the dead bird with the satellite transmitter on its back and the identification rings on its feet, sent by Mr. Roger Skeen from Birdlife Uganda. Now we are wondering how many bird victims has Africa taken. If we think of all the transmitter-equipped eagles monitored by the LIFE project during their migration to Africa, during the winter period spent on this continent and then on their way back home, the numbers are the following:\n