Objections to controversial song-bird bill
A government bill allowing the consumption at restaurants of songbirds, provided they have been cooked in advance by the hunters who killed them, is...
hunting
BirdLife urges House to reject new hunting law
BirdLife Cyprus expressed serious concerns and opposition to most of the amendments to the hunting law proposed by the Game and Fauna Service, and urged...
Birds fall victim to ‘far from beautiful’ Easter custom
Birdlife Cyprus condemned on Wednesday an Easter custom from Omodos where some residents shoot birds flying over the rooftops. Cyprus has many beautiful Easter traditions,...
UN warns about hunting in the buffer zone
The United Nations Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) has warned hunters that hunting in the buffer zone is strictly prohibited. “Entering the buffer zone area in...
Hunter injured after three-metre fall
A 65-year-old hunter was injured on Sunday when he lost his balance and feel three metres into a ravine in the Larnaca area, police said....
Police catch 12 year-old driving and 13-year-old with hunting gun
Police are investigating two separate incidents involving minors aged 12 and 13, the former who was caught driving and the second carrying a hunting gun....
Gun control laws to be tightened up (Updated: adds justice minister)
A committee made up of the police, military, welfare and game services has come up with eight proposed changes, which include two amendments to the...
Thousands of hunters take to the Paphos countryside
Thousands of hunters took to the countryside early on Sunday as hunting season began. According to Charalambos Pittokopitis, President of the Paphos Federation of Hunting...
Paphos reeling as dead fox displayed in public
RESIDENTS of Paphos have reacted with horror after another case of animal cruelty has been highlighted and then publicly displayed. Images of the dead animal...
Bird trapper resists arrest
A bird trapper caught in the act attacked and injured two MMAD officers during his arrest, police said on Thursday. Police say members of the...
Game service told to rethink controversial hunting bill
MPs on Wednesday accused the game and fauna service of fixing the public consultation over controversial provisions of its proposed legislation to amend hunting...
Our View: There is no justification to give gun licences to teenagers
DISY DEPUTY and president of the House human rights committee Stella Kyriakidou, speaking last week about the government bill that would allow children over 14...
Human rights committee calls for joint discussion on hunting licences for teens
Head of the House Human Rights Committee, DISY deputy Stella Kyriakidou said on Thursday they would ask the environment committee to jointly discuss a bill...
Animal Party slams suggestion to allow teenagers to hunt
The Cyprus Animal Party on Tuesday condemned proposed legislation which would allow 14-year-olds to hunt, describing it as tragic. “Is it possible to reach the...
Gun sellers want harsher penalties for poachers
THE gun sellers’ association has called for legislation with harsher penalties for poachers, saying that registered hunters have nothing to do with illegal actions reported...
The thrill of the kill
The days when hunting was a necessity to provide food and clothing for families in the distant past. It now seems that hunting in most...
Staff cuts hinder control of rogue hunters
By Andria Kades Although hunters have designated spots to operate from – far from residential areas, this does not prevent some of them from stopping...
No EU cop-out on bird killing
By Elias Hazou CYPRIOT authorities are feigning ignorance about a letter from the EU Commission telling them that plans to introduce ‘selective hunting’ of blackcaps...
Concerns raised over selective hunting proposal
By Evie Andreou THE interior ministry waiting for the ruling of the European Commission before allowing the selective hunting of protected bird species, the head...
Our View: Proposed changes to bird hunting all about votes
CONSERVATION groups are perfectly justified to protest about the devious way in which the government has attempted to legalise the hunting of black caps (ambelopoulia)....
