With fall hunting season in full swing, another year of unregulated bird hunting is plaguing the North Coast.
As birds migrate south from Europe for
the winter, hunters have set up nets along the coast that run almost
continuously from Arish to Salloum. The only gaps are where new compound
developments have been built over the past decade.
Hunting season runs from the end of
August to early October, and the people hunting migratory birds range
from kids with guns who shoot birds for fun and food, to those who
strategically place nets in military wetlands to collect large numbers
of birds to sell for profit.
Regardless of who is doing the hunting,
bird hunting in Egypt is indiscriminate and completely unregulated,
resulting in declining bird populations and disturbed migratory
patterns.
Continued: http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/witnessing-illegal-bird-hunting-north-coast
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