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Hawk stolen in building site raid | Hawk stolen in building site raid |
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A bird of prey has been stolen during a break-in at a building site. | A bird of prey has been stolen during a break-in at a building site. |
Worker Francis McInally had taken the Harris hawk, named Nico, to the site to train during his lunch break. | |
It was taken by thieves who stole thousands of pounds worth of building equipment from the site next to Stirling's Castle Business Park. | |
Mr McInally, 47, appealed to the thieves to return the five-and-a-half-month-old hawk, saying: "I just want the bird back." | |
Officers from Central Scotland Police said the incident happened overnight on 12 February and urged anyone with information to contact them. | |
The bird is believed to worth about £300. | The bird is believed to worth about £300. |
Every day during lunch break I took the bird into the fields nearby, training it to fly and hunt Francis McInally | |
Mr McInally said: "I've had the bird since it was 16 weeks old and have trained it myself. | |
"It's not the value of the bird, it's the time I've spent on it. I had four months training the bird and it'd just reached the point of perfection and now it's away. | |
"I'm just hoping to get it back some way." | |
Mr McInally, from Cowie, said he had been a hawk enthusiast for nine years and that he had spent much of his spare time working with the birds. | |
He added: "I took him into work with me because I like to train him every day and get him fit. | |
"Every day during lunch break I took the bird into the fields nearby, training it to fly and hunt." | |
Mr McInally said Nico would be scared being with other people. | |
He said: "It has a ring on its foot with a phone number on it. If whoever took him can just phone and leave the bird somewhere, I'll come and pick it up. I just want the bird back." |
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