Suspected poacher arrested and released pending investigation
Police arrested and later released a 59-year-old man on suspicion of poaching after they found rabbits and other meats in his refrigerator, authorities said on...
Mouflon
Mouflon wanders into mountain coffeeshop
Photos of a mouflon visiting a coffee shop in the mountain village of Kambos were all over social media on Wednesday. The mouflon was found...
Injured baby mouflon could be released back to the wild in six months (with video)
A baby mouflon rescued last month could be placed back into her natural habitat in six months time, it was reported on Wednesday. The game...
Injured baby mouflon being nursed back to health
The game and fauna service said on Thursday they were nursing back to health a new-born mouflon found injured last month at the Paphos forest...
Cabinet approves measures to protect Mediterranean seal in Cyprus
The cabinet approved on Tuesday the expropriation of private property in the Sea Caves area in Peyia, Paphos to comply with the international obligations for...
New plan to keep crop-munching mouflon at bay
By Annette Chrysostomou The idea of installing fences to protect crops in the mountain areas against greedy mouflons is once again on the table, and...
Cabinet help for farmers hit by crop-munching mouflons
A government funding scheme offering assistance to farmers who fall victim to herds of crop-eating mouflons was approved by cabinet on Wednesday. One part of...
The coming of the mouflons
By Lizzy Ioannidou In a coffeeshop in Gerakies, encircled by half a dozen elderly local farmers, the community leader of the nearby village of Kalopanayiotis...
Farmers ask for compensation for mouflon damage
Farmers whose produce is being damaged by mouflons are asking the state to compensate them and fund protection measures as the island’s pride and joy...
House committee asks to see government mouflon plan
The House agriculture committee has asked the government to submit a scheme that tackles all the problems mouflons cause to the produce and property of...
‘Left to the mercy of the mouflons’
Deputies on Tuesday asked the government to support mountain communities affected by damage caused by mouflons to their cultivations. House Agriculture Committee chairman, Akel MP,...
International symposium on Mouflon underway in Nicosia
The 6th World Congress on Mountain Ungulates and the 5th International Symposium on Mouflon started in Nicosia on Monday morning, with the participation of scientists from...
Measures being taken to keep mouflon at bay
The Game and Fauna service is taking a number of measures to keep the island’s 3,000 mouflons within the Paphos forest area as their population...
Mouflons destroying our crops, say farmers
Nicosia district farmers threatened on Monday to sue the government unless it takes effective measures to stop mouflons destroying agricultural produce in the mountain areas...
Remand for two suspected mouflon poachers (Updated)
A 63-year-old woman and her 26-year-old grandson were remanded for five days on Thursday for allegedly being involved in mouflon meat trading in Kannaviou, Paphos....
Suspected mouflon meat trading ring uncovered
A dead, skinned mouflon, a protected species, was discovered in a house in Kannaviou, Paphos on Wednesday, by officers of the Game and Fauna Service,...
