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legislation such as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 or Possession of Pesticides(Scotland) Order 2005, then prosecution or other forms of enforcement may ensue.All activities carried out to enforce the legislation in Scotland are funded by theScottish Government.6. The WIIS Hotline number (freephone: 0800 321600) is routed to SASA and providesaccess for incident notification. To prevent large numbers of dead animals beingsubmitted and analysed, strict criteria are applied to potential incidents prior toacceptance.Incidents are usually excluded from analysis when there is insufficient or unsuitablesample. However, details are recorded for reference purposes.3
NUMBER OF INCIDENTS IN 20097. A total of 166 suspected poisoning incidents were referred to the WIIS Scotlandthroughout 2009. Seven incidents were excluded from the scheme leaving159 incidents accepted for subsequent investigation by SASA Chemistry Branch(including screening of selected samples for residues of anticoagulant rodenticides).Figure 1 shows the number of incidents referred to the WIIS Scotland per annumsince 1997. Pesticides were detected in 74 separate incidents i.e. 47% of all incidentsinvestigated (Appendix II).Number of incidentsreferred to the WIIS- Scotland2001901801701601501401301201101001901771751671671661581521571441351271211997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009YearFigure 1. Number of incidents referred to the WIIS (Scotland) per annum (1997-2009).8. The cause of death or illness was established in 79 incidents. Forty five of theseincidents involved pesticides and were assigned to an appropriate WIIS category. Inthe remaining 34 incidents, death was concluded to be due to starvation (10), disease(6), trauma (17) or ethylene glycol (1).9. One incident involving a buzzard was attributed to the approved use of pesticides.Two incidents involving chemicals only were categorised as misuse. One incidentwas attributed to veterinary use. In a further 5 incidents, no specific source of theexposure was identified and the cause of each incident was categorised as unspecifieduse. Thirty six incidents were categorised as abuse. A breakdown of incidents bysample classification is provided in Table 1.4
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