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The National Parks and Wildlife Service requests information related to a vulture found dead on the R422, south of Emo, Co Laois.
The bird was perched in a tree by the side of the road when it was shot with a shotgun at around 7:50 a.m. on December 5.
The firearm was fired from the highway on the south side of town.
The investigating ranger said a shot was heard and that a member of the public found the vulture dead.
A spent shotgun shell was also found.
The NPWS is interested in information on a vehicle that was recorded on CCTV in the area; It is believed that people may be driving looking for vultures and then shooting at them from a vehicle.
Anyone with information, particularly about vehicles or persons acting suspiciously in Emo on the morning of December 5, should contact the NPWS regional office at (0761) 002667, or contact gardaí.
Vultures are a protected species. They became extinct in Ireland in the late 19th century, but re-established in Northern Ireland in the 1930s.
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