#hunting

The Cyprus Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Federation on Tuesday expressed strong concern and dissatisfaction over the dog law passed by parliament on April 2. The federation called on President Nikos Christodoulides ...

Cyprus is facing growing pressure to support a proposed EU ban on lead in hunting cartridges and fishing weights, as environmental groups call on the government to back the measure ...

The number of hunters in Cyprus may be declining, but complaints of hunting in restricted areas are still pouring in, a trend which the Game Fund attributes to the rapid ...

Around 36,000 hunters are expected to take to the fields of Cyprus on Sunday, the start of the small game hunting season, game and fauna service spokesman Petros Anayiotos said on ...

Hunters on Saturday took to the streets across the island with a list of demands which they say would allow for the practice of hunting in Cyprus to be better ...

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 ...