to be honest alex, i dont think they will need to....they have friends in high places so they wont need to explain anything as the general public are just sheep anyway and believe these bops/hawks are endangered and are hunted/treated unfairly........
as said on the other site, if it was the bop/hawk which was the victim it would have been on the news on tv, no mention of it attacking a dog, which in reality is very, very rare and unusual so i would think it is a good news subject..