Paphos man fined for trapping goldfinches
A €3,070 was issued against a 65-year-old man caught with a net in the Paphos area, police said on Friday.
The man was arrested in a Turkish Cypriot village in Paphos ...
Man arrested for possession of protected birds and illegal weapons
A 40-year-old man was arrested on Friday in connection with an investigation into the possession of protected wild birds and illegal explosives and firearms. The arrest followed a series of ...
Bird trappings in Bases fall by five per cent
Bird trappings in the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) fell by five per cent last year, its police said on Friday, adding that since 2016 the number has fallen by 97 per cent.
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BirdLife: surge in bird trapping as anti-poaching unit fails
An increase in bird trapping has been recorded, highlighting the failure of the police anti-poaching unit to tackle organised trapping groups, BirdLife Cyprus said in its autumn 2024 trapping report.
“Some 620,000 ...
Illegal bird trapping in Cyprus soars 90%, conservationists warn
Conservationists have raised alarms over a 90 per cent surge in illegal bird trapping across the Republic of Cyprus, particularly during September, a crucial month for songbird migration.
The Committee Against ...
Three arrested for bird trapping in the bases
Three men were arrested in Dhekelia on Monday morning for trapping songbirds in the British bases area, it was announced on Wednesday.
The three men were discovered using mist nets ...
‘You will pay’ – British bases’ police warn bird trappers
The Sovereign Base Area (SBA) police’s anti-bird trapping team has issued a warning to trappers as the migration season of the black caps – also known as ‘ambelopoulia’ and still ...
Man fined for bird trapping in bases
A man was fined €2,000 last week after confessing to bird trapping offences dating back to January in the Achna forest area, the Sovereign Base Area (SBA) police said on Monday.
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Boycott is the wrong response to bad news on bird trapping
As bad news on the bird trapping front made the headlines again recently, angry calls for nature lovers to “Boycott Cyprus!” flooded social media. Speaking as a veteran of the ...
Protection groups lambast paltry bird trapping fines
Approximately 435,000 birds, including migratory and threatened species, were illegally trapped and killed last autumn according to bird welfare organisations.
The latest reports on bird trapping were found by BirdLife Cyprus, ...
Bases fine three for illegal bird trapping
In the last ten days, police in the British Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) have arrested and fined three individuals a total of €4,500 for bird trapping violations.
The arrests in the ...
€11 million earned from poaching revenue
The illegal poaching and trapping of migratory birds earns criminals around 11 million euros, according to Justice minister Anna Procopiou.
Procopiou produced the figure after the signing of a memorandum of ...
Bird trapping with nets falls by almost a half
Bird trapping with nets has almost halved in Cyprus when comparing autumn 2022 with the previous year, BirdLife Cyprus announced on Tuesday, calling the results “promising”.
The figures reveal a 49 per ...
CABS helped arrest 105 poachers
The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) praised its work for 2022 as it contributed to the arrest of 105 poachers, according to their announcement.
They stated that three arrests were made in ...
Trapping songbirds: the darker side of Cyprus
By Guy Shorrock
Every year an estimated 25 million birds are illegally killed around the Mediterranean. Cyprus has been assessed as one of the five worst countries with, until very recently, ...
Animal protection NGO saves rare bat from trappers
A wildlife activist group saved a rare Egyptian fruit bat and five blackcap birds after they were found entangled in an illegal mist-net setup in Vrysoules.
The committee against bird ...
Seven bird-trapping arrests in one week inside SBA
SBA police efforts to combat illegal bird trapping are ongoing, with seven arrests made in just one week in September, they announced on Thursday.
The police’s dedicated Community Action ...
Bird trapping arrest on British bases
British bases police netted a poacher for illegal bird trapping in the Pyla range of Xylophagou and he is now due to appear in court on September 19.
The Greek Cypriot ...
NGO says bird trapping on the rise
The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (Cabs) said that last autumn a total of 140 active bird trapping sites were detected in the districts of Famagusta and Larnaca and in the British ...
Two fined for bird trapping
Two men, aged 34 and 49, were fined a total of €1,000 in separate cases of possession and use of an illegal device which mimics bird sounds to attract prey, police said on ...
Two arrested and charged after anti-bird trapping incident at Zygi (Updated)
Two men, aged 41 and 51 have been arrested in connection with a case of illegal trapping and killing of wild birds in Zygi, following a complaint by anti-trapping activists.
The two ...
Poacher arrested on suspicion of killing protected birds
Limassol police arrested a 54-year-old man on Wednesday on suspicion of killing protected bird species and illegal possession of live hares.
Police launched an investigation last week after a dead ...
Stop the rot: environment lessons Cyprus has to learn
This month, guest columnist Martin Harper, regional director for BirdLife Europe and Central Asia, writes about key nature conservation challenges in Cyprus after his recent visit to our island
There ...
Anti-trapping activist says was attacked by poachers in Avgorou
The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) on Friday said one of its members was violently attacked the previous night by bird trappers in Avgorou and left needing urgent medical assistance.
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