‘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...
Committee Against Bird Slaughter
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....
Fewer migratory birds being trapped in Cyprus, CABS says
Spring trapping has been showing clear signs of decrease in the past few years and more birds are crossing Cyprus safely, Alexander Heyd, Committee Against...
The ‘big business’ of bird trapping in Cyprus
By George Psyllides A bird protection campaign in Cyprus has seen 36 bird trappers arrested and a large number or poaching equipment destroyed, the Committee...
Bird trappers ‘feeling the pressure’
By Andria Kades THE lowest-ever percentage of active bird trapping sites during spring season was recorded this April, according to a report released by the...
Ombudswoman wades into bird trapping debate
By Jean Christou THE Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) and the Committee Foundation Pro Biodiversity (SPA) have welcomed what they described as a landmark report...
Court acquits CABS activist
By Constantinos Psillides, An environmental activist, charged with trespassing on private property with the aim of committing a criminal offence and malicious damage, was acquitted...
Authorities hindering anti-trapping attempts, says CABS
By Staff Reporter The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) and the and the Foundation Pro Biodiversity (SPA) have accused the Cypriot authorities of not only...
‘Current government enabling bird trappers’
By Angelos Anastasiou BIRD activists claim that since government changed last year there has been a U-turn in the fight against poaching. In a joint...
Officials accused of pulling back on poaching clampdown
By Waylon Fairbanks THE BI-ANNUAL Bird Protection Report released on Wednesday accused the authorities of hampering environmental groups’ efforts to document and prevent the illegal...
Bird trapping situation’ enough to drive you crazy’
By Maria Gregoriou BEST-SELLING author Jonathan Franzen has made a documentary ‘Emptying the Skies’ based on an article he wrote about the illegal trapping and...