A new hunting law is failing to
address bird trapping, conservationists said on Wednesday, as they criticised
authorities for not doing enough to tackle the problem.
According to the Germany-based
Committee Against Bird Slaughter (Cabs) and the Foundation Pro Biodiversity
(Spa) the new law seems to have marked a general decrease in trapping activity,
but the general situation is not as positive as it would appear.
Reporting the findings of their
autumn 2017 bird protection camp in Cyprus, the organisations said trappers
have now changed their methods because of the law.
“A new hunting law is failing to
address bird trapping, conservationists said on Wednesday, as they criticised
authorities for not doing enough to tackle the problem.
According to the Germany-based
Committee Against Bird Slaughter (Cabs) and the Foundation Pro Biodiversity
(Spa) the new law seems to have marked a general decrease in trapping activity,
but the general situation is not as positive as it would appear.
Reporting the findings of their
autumn 2017 bird protection camp in Cyprus, the organisations said trappers
have now changed their methods because of the law.
“The consequence of the new law
is that trappers are now shifting from mist nets to limesticks,” said Alexander
Heyd, Cabs general director. “We have observed an increase in the number of
poachers using limesticks. They realise that the fines for mist-netting are a
deterrent, as long as the authorities enforce the law in the field, whilst
those for limesticks are totally ineffective. If the goal of the law is indeed
to tackle bird trapping, it is failing. Limesticks are still widespread and
make huge damages to migrating birds”.
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