A booted eagle and a short-toed eagle were this morning added to the 12 known to have been killed since Wednesday, Birdlife said this afternoon.

Another injured booted eagle was recovered yesterday after it was shot and survived. It is being sent to Sicily for rehabilitation.

Birdlife said its volunteers witnessed the shooting of the booted eagle at Buskett this morning, catching the incident on camera and filming as the shooter ran into the field where the shot bird fell, picking it up, stuffing it inside his shirt with what appeared to be a second large bird of prey and running off before the police arrived on scene.

The short-toed eagle, was found near Rabat by a member of public, injured but alive. It died soon after it was found.

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