NGO concern over rise of illegal bird trapping this spring
Bird trapping with limesticks is on the rise this spring, after years of steady decline of the illegal activity during the season, the Committee Against...
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Use of limesticks for bird trapping on the rise
Bird trapping with the use of mist nets is at its lowest level in almost two decades but the use of limesticks is on the...
Ramifications for Cyprus after European court rules on bird trapping
In a decision that could have a bearing on Cyprus, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Wednesday that the fact that...
Repeat bird trapper caught red handed using limesticks
A Paralimni bird trapper was caught red-handed for the sixth time, the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (Cabs) and the SPA (Stiftung Pro Artenvielfalt Foundation) said...
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....
Man remanded over arms cache, including grenade launcher
A 38-year-old man from Famagusta was remanded in custody for eights days on Wednesday in connection with possession of arms and explosives, including an anti-tank...
MPs accused of ‘pandering to poachers’
Changes to the hunting law that are due to be discussed at the House on Wednesday have been described by critics as “pandering to poachers”....
We need to protect, not kill God’s creatures
I am just reading the letter from S.K. in the Sunday Mail about the ambelopoulia debate. My little contribution is about the word ‘survival’ the Archimandrite used when according to him God sent...
Nearly 200 limesticks seized in Larnaca village
Police carried out an anti-poaching operation early Sunday, seizing 184 limesticks and a number of dead wild birds in the Larnaca district. The operation was...
Conservationists urge MPs to reject controversial hunting law bill
Conservationists made a last-ditch appeal to MPs in Thursday to reject a bill that introduces relaxations and loopholes to the hunting law, making it harder...
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...
Eighty-year-old caught poaching ampelopoulia
GAME wardens caught an 80-year-old man illegally trapping wild birds using lime sticks and sound emitting devices in an area near Lefkara on Friday morning....
CABS accuses British bases of inaction on bird trapping, bases hit back
The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) said on Monday they had launched an international protest to convince the new British government under Prime Minister Theresa...
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...
Though ‘reprehensible’, no criminal case against MP Hamboullas
By George Psyllides PUTTING a criminal case together against an MP for eating illegal game was difficult, Attorney-general Costas Clerides told people who signed an...
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...
Poaching suspect charged and released
A 21-year-old man from Dherynia was arrested Tuesday afternoon, after bird traps and a hunting shotgun for which he did not have licence, were located...
Poacher arrested and charged in Famagusta area
Members of the Famagusta police anti-poaching unit said they caught a 61-year-old from the Famagusta district hunting wild birds with the use of limesticks early...
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...
Man admits poaching after birds found in home
A 50-year-old admitted to charges related to poaching after police found birds, lime sticks and nets in his Paralimni home on Sunday. Authorities found two...