The deliberate placing of a poisoned bait, or the direct application of a toxic substance, to kill a wild animal, most extensively documented against birds of prey such as eagles and other raptors, which are frequently poisoned by a bait intended for a predator such as a fox or coyote or targeted directly because they are seen as a threat to game birds or livestock. United Kingdom law enforcement identifies raptor poisoning as one of its national wildlife crime priorities under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and the practice is documented as especially harmful because a poisoned bait left in open countryside is indiscriminate, capable of killing any bird, mammal, pet or person that encounters it rather than only its intended target.
Facts
Elements of OffenseSetting in position a poisonous, poisoned or stupefying substance so placed as to be calculated to cause bodily injury to any wild bird coming into contact with it 1 Classification
Offense GradeMinor or Summary Offense 1 Connections
Has Offense Grade
Entity-backed identity for the offense-grade enum value this offense already carries, resolved to a crime concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The offense-grade fact itself stays on the offense unchanged.
Sources
1. Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, section 5
Section 5(1)(a)Quote, Section 5(1)(a)
any poisonous, poisoned or stupefying substance
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