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...
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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)....
‘Deceived by the government’ on bird hunting
By Constantinos Psillides Conservationists are in an uproar over the government’s perceived attempt to legalise the hunting of black caps (ambelopoulia), claiming that they were...
UN issues landmine hazard warning
UNFICYP said on Friday that wet weather conditions had caused some displacement of landmines in and along the buffer zone. The area of the buffer...
Hunters block roundabout to push demands
More than 100 owners of hunting dogs organised blocked traffic access in two lanes of the Konia roundabout in Paphos at 11 am on Saturday,...
One dead as hunting season begins
By Constantinos Psillides A 67-year old man from Limassol died on Sunday from an apparent heart attack while hunting near Moni. According to the police...
Fox hunting debate resumes as hare numbers shrink
By Evie Andreou THE issue of allowing the hunt of foxes has once again come to the fore after deputies said the number of animals...
Warning to hunters
THE Game Service has urged hunters planning an outing on Sunday, the first day of the summer hunting period, to observe the written and unwritten...
