Hunting season starts on Sunday and the Game Reserve Fund has sent out a plea to all hunters to follow the rules and show respect to property.
It reminded hunters ...
With the hunting season starting on Sunday, the hunters federation on Tuesday called on hunters to follow the safety measures.
The federation urged hunters to follow the rules and the ...
A 27-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Monday after having allegedly been hunting birds in an area where hunting is prohibited.
Paphos police’s assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou ...
A 19-year-old has been arrested in Paphos for conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor, hunting in a restricted area, transporting an assembled hunting rifle and failing to comply with a game ...
Around 20,000 hunters went out on Sunday, the first day of the pheasant hunting season, game fund spokesman Petros Anayiotos said on Tuesday.
He added that hunters are meant to register ...
A 46-year-old hunter who suffered an eye injury was being treated on Monday in Paphos general hospital.
The man was injured on Sunday during the first day of the season ...
The forestry department on Monday warned hunters about lighting fires, as the hunting season begins on Sunday.
Hunters are advised to completely avoid lighting fires for any reason, as well ...
Hourly paid game wardens who work for the Game and Wildlife fund said they would go on a 24-hour strike on Sunday over safety issues in relation to the combatting ...
Game service wardens fined three hunters on Sunday for transporting an assembled shotgun and for a device that produces imitation bird calls.
According Paphos CID chief Michalis Nikolaou, the game ...
Almost 40,000 hunters set out on Sunday for the start of the new ‘endemic game’ season.
The hunters, for the first time, are required to declare their takings on the special ...
A man in Xylophagou was arrested on Tuesday on hunting charges after British bases police officers discovered several protected black caps, also known as ambelopoulia, stored in the refrigerator at ...
A man in Paphos was fined thousands of euros for hunting in prohibited area, police said on Monday.
According to police, game fund officers found the man on Sunday in ...
It is believed that the hunter who was found dead on Sunday afternoon “died of natural causes”, according to the police.
An investigation is underway, with police currently saying it ...
Environmental NGO Birdlife Cyprus has expressed their disappointment ahead of the hunting season, as Cyprus has failed to take action to protect turtle doves, whose populations have decreased drastically across ...
Ahead of Sunday’s start of the hunting season, the game and fauna service released an updated list of rules to ensure safe hunting for everyone participating.
A written announcement ...
A new bill aimed at clamping down on poaching and preserving the country’s biodiversity has been put forward for public consultation by the interior ministry.
The bill sets out ...
The anti-poaching unit will be re-established following a relevant cabinet decision, it emerged on Friday.
The move comes to satisfy a long-standing demand by animal activists who have been warning ...
Measures to combat poaching and regulate hunting were discussed between the hunting federation and the ministry of justice, it was announced on Tuesday.
According to the federation, the meeting between ...
As of Wednesday, using lead shot ammunition in wetlands is illegal in all 27 EU countries, as well as Iceland, Norway, and Lichtenstein, BirdLife Cyprus said, calling on the Cyprus government ...
The hunters’ federation (KEKK) in an official statement accused the Koutrafa community leader of making baseless claims which tarnish their name.
Responding to statements by community leader Frixos Georgiou, who ...
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, ...
Independent MP Andreas Themistocleous and two of his friends were fined €9,000 over the weekend for hunting in a prohibited area in Lofou, it was reported on Monday.
In a Facebook ...
A hunter who fell and injured his leg in the area Kato Pyrgos Tillyria on Sunday was taken to hospital by helicopter, police said.
Hunting season opened on Sunday.
According ...
The forestry department on Saturday warned hunters not to start fires or throw cigarette butts due to the high risk of starting forest fires.
Hunting season opens on Sunday, and ...