DESPERATE TRAPPERS: The economic crisis is
luring many out-of-work Cypriots back into the centuries-old trade of songbird
trapping.
PRIZED DELICACY: For centuries, the migratory
songbirds have been a prized delicacy among Cypriots. They are also an illegal
one, as entry into the European Union forced Cyprus to ban the tradition of
catching the creatures, some endangered, in nets or on sticks slathered with a
glue-like substance.
NO ALTERNATIVES: Trappers risk stiff fines and
even jail time by supplying an underground market for the tiny songbirds
illicitly served up in the country's tavernas. They say it's their only way to
make ends meet.
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