Prosecuting him seems like much ado about nothing, as it is pointed out that 80% of the falcons in the wild die within their first year, and they do much better if captured into captivity. Still a fascinating story.
There are really not a lot of peregrine falcons around, less than 2000. While it might be possible for one person to take a few eggs, if it's allowed and not prosecuted they will all be taken pretty quickly.
There's a separate problem in the UK of commercial grouse moors killing birds of prey to protect their pheasants so they can be shot later by humans. Strange business.
> Just before noon on May 3, 2010, John Struczynski, a janitor at Birmingham Airport in the British Midlands, observed something peculiar. A balding, middle-aged passenger had entered the shower room in the Emirates Airlines first-class departure lounge and emerged after what seemed like a long time. But when Struczynski stepped inside the facility to check it, he saw that the shower and floor were bone-dry.
I wonder if properly trained state sponsored OP's can see a flaw here? Not sure if it's down to dumb bad luck or not.
Analysing every situation you're in would be to draining, and not sure how you'd pre train.
Janitors usually aren't going to enter the bathroom and start cleaning until someone leaves as a courtesy. He was waiting a long time for Lendrum to leave, apparently much longer than a usual amount of time for someone to use the shower room. The janitor finally gets to go in and looks like no one actually used the facility, the shower floor is dry. he goes to empty the trash and there's this weird box sitting in there. I think I'd be a little curious if I was him. I don't think the janitor was sitting there keeping track of every traveler's comings and goings but he was just trying to get his job done. Although, I have a feeling that airport workers are at least a little bit trained to be on the lookout for drug/animal smuggling and human trafficking so the egg would have been a clear sign that something isn't right. I'm sure 99.999% of his job involves mundane cleaning but he's still trained just like everyone else to "say something if you see something".
Prosecuting him seems like much ado about nothing, as it is pointed out that 80% of the falcons in the wild die within their first year, and they do much better if captured into captivity. Still a fascinating story.