Under the cover of night, activists patrol key poaching sites in southeast Cyprus, described as an ecological disaster zone for endangered migratory birds on their Mediterranean stopover. "Cyprus is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every year, hundreds of thousands of migratory birds use the island of Cyprus as a stopover. Photo: Getty Images Every year, ...

More than two million migratory birds were killed in Cyprus last autumn to feed an illicit taste for the delicacy on the Mediterranean island, a conservationist group said Monday. The survey by ...

Bird trapping with nets has almost halved in Cyprus when comparing autumn 2022 with the previous year, BirdLife Cyprus announced on Tuesday, calling the results “promising”. The figures reveal a 49 ...

Report links rise in birds trapped for human consumption to cuts in anti-poaching resources in area of British military base More than 400,000 songbirds were trapped and killed in Cyprus last autumn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Police Chief Constable Chris Eyre talks as he stands by confiscated mist nets at the British military police station inside the ...

A handout picture released by the Commitee against Bird Slaughter (CABS) and taken in Paralimni, Cyprus, on April 15, 2014 shows a Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) caught on a lime stick bird trap.

Wild life organizations claimed on Tuesday that illegal trapping in Cyprus resulted in the killing of over 2 million songbirds last year. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and BirdLife ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of migratory birds fall victim to illegal bird hunting in Cyprus. PETBOOK investigated why this is still possible despite the EU ban, who profits from the bloody ...