Slovenian
customs officers have discovered an astonishing 1,349 dead
songbirds on a bus heading for Italy, where they were to be eaten in
restaurants.
The illegally
killed birds included 13 protected species, with 1,028 Red-throated Pipits, 209 White Wagtails, 73 Meadow
Pipits, 16 Tree
Pipits and 10 Eurasian
Skylarks discovered in the 15 boxes seized last
month. The vehicle was coming from Romania, and officials have ascertained that
they were destined for the Italian black market that distributes such birds to
restaurants for use as a 'luxury' dish.
Such
dishes are available for a limited time each year – mainly during the autumn
migration period – and other species discovered in this latest batch
included European
Goldfinch, Swallow, European Greenfinch, Common
Quail, Willow
Warbler, Western
Yellow Wagtail, Corn
Bunting and Reed
Bunting.
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