Posts tagged with "bird trapping"

Repeat bird trapper caught red handed using limesticks Cyprus

Repeat bird trapper caught red handed using limesticks

April 15th, 20192471 A Paralimni bird trapper was caught red-handed for the sixth time, the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (Cabs) and the SPA (Stiftung Pro Artenvielfalt Foundation) said on Monday. According to Cabs, he was caught on Friday in possession of 12 limesticks and two freshly killed blackcap birds. The NGOs said the man is facing a fine of...
EC report says Cyprus has good beaches, too many birds trapped Cyprus

EC report says Cyprus has good beaches, too many birds trapped

April 6th, 20192075 Despite some progress on illegal bird trapping in Cyprus, numbers are still unacceptably high, the latest Environmental Implementation Review (EIR) of the European Commission said. The report, published on Friday, found that insufficiencies also remain on the designation of the terrestrial part of the Natura 2000 network but that...
‘Break their bones’, ex Disy MP urges in Facebook rant against bird activists Cyprus

‘Break their bones’, ex Disy MP urges in Facebook rant against bird activists

March 22nd, 20194444 One-time Disy MP Evgenios Hamboullas sparked outrage on Friday after he urged people in Famagusta to attack and beat up foreign activists fighting the illegal hunting of songbirds. His outburst came after a statement by the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (Cabs) said 29 of its volunteers had collected 2,596 limesticks and 53 nets in...
Government urged to follow bases’ success against bird trapping Cyprus

Government urged to follow bases’ success against bird trapping

March 19th, 20192103 While bird trapping with mist nets in the British bases decreased by 90 per cent in 2018 compared to 2002, an all-time low, bird trapping elsewhere in Cyprus has increased. According to a statement by BirdLife Cyprus on Monday, an estimated 335,000 birds were trapped in the nets last autumn. The welcome low has been achieved mainly...
Joint operation nets bird trappers Crime

Joint operation nets bird trappers

October 23rd, 20183486 The British bases (SBA) said they have arrested six people, including two minors, for illegal bird trapping in the Xylophagou area after a coordinated joint operation with the Cyprus Police and Game Fund in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The arrests were made after lengthy intelligence was gathered with the help of the Royal...
Bird activists get into scuffle with poacher Cyprus

Bird activists get into scuffle with poacher

October 11th, 20184185 Members of the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (Cabs) were attacked and injured while monitoring known trapping sites around Kofinou on Wednesday, they said on Thursday. At one site, limesticks and an active electronic caller were found. “Whilst waiting for game wardens to arrive, a woman appeared and began removing and killing...
Bases deal ‘early blow’ to bird trappers Cyprus

Bases deal ‘early blow’ to bird trappers

September 7th, 20183742 A court case is now pending against a man who was arrested last Saturday for illegal bird trapping in Ormidhia, the British bases announced on Friday. Officers working alongside members of the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) discovered the man in possession of two iron poles secured to a mistnet, an MP3 player, loud speaker, a...
UK armed forces minister on two-day visit Cyprus

UK armed forces minister on two-day visit

June 22nd, 20181905 British Armed Forces Minister Mark Lancaster arrives in Cyprus on Friday for a two day visit to underline the deepening defence relationship between the UK and Cyprus. The minister will hold bilateral talks with Defence Minister Savvas Angelides, visit the British bases (SBA) to review operations, and meet British military personnel...
Bird trapping falls to near all-time low Cyprus

Bird trapping falls to near all-time low

April 4th, 20182423 Bird trapping levels dropped to an almost all-time low in autumn 2017, BirdLife Cyprus announced on Tuesday. Data from the organisation’s systematic awareness programme for last autumn show a reduction of 79 per cent in mist netting levels, compared to 2002. Last year’s level was 21 out of an index of 100, the second-lowest since...
More aid for bases to combat bird trapping Cyprus

More aid for bases to combat bird trapping

March 24th, 20182505 Extra aid will be sent to the British Bases to tackle illegal bird-trapping, UK Defence Minister Gavin Williamson said following the destruction of bird-trapping equipment on Friday. “Bird trapping is not only a cruel and barbaric trade, it lines the pockets of criminal gangs to the tune of thousands of pounds,” he said. Last...
Bases police send message by destroying poaching paraphernalia Cyprus

Bases police send message by destroying poaching paraphernalia

March 23rd, 20183150 Police in the British base in Dhekelia on Friday said they have dealt a blow to bird trappers and highlighted their commitment to stamping out poaching by destroying a large number of mist nets and bird imitating devices, all seized from bird trappers over the past year. In addition, more than 60 kilometres of illegal irrigation pipes...
Bird trappers changing their methods say activists Cyprus

Bird trappers changing their methods say activists

March 8th, 20184250 A new hunting law is failing to address bird trapping, conservationists said on Wednesday, as they criticised authorities for not doing enough to tackle the problem. According to the Germany-based Committee Against Bird Slaughter (Cabs) and the Foundation Pro Biodiversity (Spa) the new law seems to have marked a general decrease in...
Bases praised for bird-trapping crackdown Cyprus

Bases praised for bird-trapping crackdown

March 5th, 20183361 The number of songbirds being illegally killed on a UK military base in Cyprus to supply restaurants has fallen by 70 per cent last year, wildlife experts said. More than 260,000 birds such as black caps and robins were trapped and killed last autumn at the British territory, the RSPB said. But the figure is down 70 per cent on the...
Large fine for illegal bird trapping Cyprus

Large fine for illegal bird trapping

January 24th, 20183317 A 38-year-old man was fined 8,000 euros on Wednesday for using illegal mist nets to trap thrushes in Zygi. Information received on Tuesday led to a surveillance operation by the Games Fund regarding illegal bird trapping in the area. There the officers caught the 38-year old in the act and arrested him on the spot and managed to...
Heavy penalties for bird trappers after covert surveillance on bases [VIDEO] Cyprus

Heavy penalties for bird trappers after covert surveillance on bases [VIDEO]

January 20th, 20184982 A total of 19 individuals were successfully convicted for offences committed in 2016 related to illegal bird trapping, BirdLife Cyprus has announced. All 19 received fines, while seven of them also received suspended jail sentences The last case with most severe sentences for two individuals included fines of €6,600 and €3,200...
Cypriot environmental activist 'shapes and shakes' Europe Cyprus

Cypriot environmental activist 'shapes and shakes' Europe

December 7th, 20172128 ‘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 shape the world in 2018. Papastylianou, 35, fights against bird trapping, a multi-million-euro business on the island, which also involves the underworld and...
Poacher fined 7,000 euros after caught with illegal trapping equipment Cyprus

Poacher fined 7,000 euros after caught with illegal trapping equipment

December 3rd, 20174388 Police on Sunday imposed an out-of-court fine of 7,000 euros on a 49-year-old man after bird-trapping materials were found on his property in the Famagusta area, they said. According a a police bulletin, at around 4am on Sunday a patrol in an orchard, anti-poaching officers came across four nets and a loudspeaker through which...
Conservationists write to police about bird-trapping concerns Cyprus

Conservationists write to police about bird-trapping concerns

October 12th, 20172167 Conservationists have expressed concern over reports of corruption in the police anti-poaching unit, which they say was a deterrent in previous years whose force has been recently diminished. In a joint letter to the chief of police in which they requested a meeting, BirdLife Cyprus and Terra Cypria said the island was going through...
Poachers allegedly helped by corrupt policemen Crime

Poachers allegedly helped by corrupt policemen

October 8th, 20175899 A policeman serving at the Game Reserve unit is claiming his life is being threatened after he filed a report on his colleagues to say they are colluding with big poachers that illegally sell protected species like songbirds raking in €15million per year. According to a report published on Sunday in Simerini, the head of MMAD...
British bases acquire drone technology to fight crime Cyprus

British bases acquire drone technology to fight crime

September 21st, 20173402 British bases police on Thursday revealed new drone technology to help fight crime, including illegal bird trapping. The drone can help find missing persons, obtain evidence which can be used in court and is especially useful in combating illegal bird trapping, which is why it is in possession of bases police in Dhekelia, the area...
Bird activists call for increased anti-poaching measures Cyprus

Bird activists call for increased anti-poaching measures

September 16th, 20173174 Members of the bird protection activist group Cabs, whose members were threatened with a gun by a Paralimni man on Thursday, thanked the police for their support on Saturday but called for an increased presence of anti-poaching officers. The committee against bird slaughtering (Cabs) said that the man, who was later arrested, had...
Famagusta protest against bird trapping activists Cyprus

Famagusta protest against bird trapping activists

September 15th, 20174068 Some 60 people protested outside the Famagusta police station on Thursday night after the arrest of a 50-year-old man who is accused of firing warning shots with a hunting shotgun to scare bird trapping activists. The demonstrators protested against the presence of activists in the area, a well-known hotbed of bird trapping, and...
Nearly 200 limesticks seized in Larnaca village Cyprus

Nearly 200 limesticks seized in Larnaca village

September 10th, 20174344 Police carried out an anti-poaching operation early Sunday, seizing 184 limesticks and a number of dead wild birds in the Larnaca district. The operation was carried out around 2am. It was followed by a search at the home of a 54-year-old suspect in a Larnaca village. Police said they found bird-sound devices on the...
Poachers fined over €13,000 (updated) Cyprus

Poachers fined over €13,000 (updated)

September 5th, 20173633 Two men were fined some €13,000 after police found illegal trapping equipment and game on a property in the Famagusta district. It followed a search last Thursday by the force’s special anti-poaching unit in a fenced property in the area in the presence of the 60-year-old owner and the user of the land, 30. During the search,...
Bases destroy trapper irrigation pipes Cyprus

Bases destroy trapper irrigation pipes

August 25th, 20173615 The British bases (SBA) said Friday they have destroyed two kilometres of irrigation pipes on Cape Pyla used to water acacia bushes planted with the sole purpose of trapping birds. The operation, which took place on Thursday, follows a similar action last month in which over one kilometre of pipes were destroyed. The piping, which...
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