Bases record 95% fall in trapping of ambelopoulia
The British bases have recorded a close to 95 per cent reduction in the illegal trapping of ambelopoulia, also known as black caps, it was...
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Man fined €22,400 for possession of banned game, trapping equipment
A 63-year-old man from Nicosia was slapped with a €22,400 fine after police found a large number of dead birds and trapping equipment at his...
Group of hunters to close Rizoelia roundabout on Sunday to press demands
An organised group of hunters, with the support of the newly-established Movement of Cypriot Hunters, plans to close the highway at the Rizoelia roundabout at...
Cypriot environmental activist ‘shapes and shakes’ Europe
‘Birdman’ Klitos Papastylianou, a Cypriot environmental activist, was among 28 personalities from the EU chosen by media outlet Politico as people who would most likely...
We need to protect, not kill God’s creatures
I am just reading the letter from S.K. in the Sunday Mail about the ambelopoulia debate. My little contribution is about the word ‘survival’ the Archimandrite used when according to him God sent...
Blitz on illegal bird trappers
XYLOFAGOU and Xylotympou police were kept busy over the last couple of days with a number of cases involving offences of illegal bird trapping in...
Eighty-year-old caught poaching ampelopoulia
GAME wardens caught an 80-year-old man illegally trapping wild birds using lime sticks and sound emitting devices in an area near Lefkara on Friday morning....
Police charge elderly man with bird trapping
Limassol police, in cooperation with the Game service, on Thursday arrested a 73-year-old man found in possession of bird trapping equipment and wild birds. During...
Ambelopoulia pic not a stunt to win votes, MP says
Evgenios Hamboullas, a DISY deputy for Famagusta, who was in hot water recently for posting a photo of himself on Facebook in front of a...
Cyprus using DNA test to identify ambelopoulia passed off as other meat
A DNA technique used to identify foods is being used in Cyprus to tackle illegal bird killing. The birds, around 22 species, are served illegally...
