Hunters complain activists disrupt legal activities
The united hunters association said on Monday they had sent a letter to the interior ministry complaining about the increasing number of environmental activists disrupting...
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Bases gear up for illegal bird trapping season
As the illegal bird trapping season looms ahead, the British bases announced that over €10,000 in fines have already been issued recently as well as...
MPs urged to reject bird hunting bill
BirdLife Cyprus on Wednesday called on MPs not to pass as law a bill proposing fining only €200 those found hunting protected bird species, warning...
Two bird trappers caught in separate incidents
Police caught two men on Monday attempting to catch wild birds in the Paphos area. In the first instance, police fined a 34-year-old man €2,000,...
Bird trapping action in Cyprus disappoints says Birdlife
While the low levels of bird trapping in the British bases show it is possible to tackle illegal activities, the lack of action by the...
CABS says bird poaching still rampant in Cyprus
The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) reported on Thursday that there had been 456 cases of wildlife crime uncovered by their volunteers in the last...
Bird trappers wanted for attacking activists surrender to police
Two bird trappers from Vryssoules wanted by British bases (SBA) police for attacking and injuring a bird , have turned themselves in, the Committee Against...
Anti-bird trapping activist injured in poaching scuffle
The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) on Wednesday demanded that the government restore the police anti-poaching unit after one of their volunteers was attacked by a criminal...
Bird activists will monitor Cyprus through migratory season
The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) announced on Thursday that its volunteers would continue to monitor the migration and poaching of wild birds in Cyprus...
Covert surveillance sees more trappers caught, fined by SBA court
By Christos Papadopoulos The British Bases (SBA) court in Dhekelia on Wednesday handed out sentences to four more bird trappers caught on covert cameras in...
Record low in bird-trapping incidents, NGO says
A record low in the number of bird-trapping incidents was recorded by the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) during their six-week spring protection camp in...
Repeat bird trapper caught red handed using limesticks
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...
EC report says Cyprus has good beaches, too many birds trapped
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....
‘Break their bones’, ex Disy MP urges in Facebook rant against bird activists
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...
Government urged to follow bases’ success against bird trapping
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...
Joint operation nets bird trappers
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...
Bird activists get into scuffle with poacher
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....
Bases deal ‘early blow’ to bird trappers
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...
UK armed forces minister on two-day visit
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...
Bird trapping falls to near all-time low
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...
