Date: November
23, 2015
Source: Plataforma
SINC
Illegal
hunting continues to be a challenge for biodiversity conservation in addition
to posing a serious threat to some migratory species. The province of Gipuzkoa
in northern Spain, a transit area for birds migrating between Africa and
Europe, is an example of just how this illegal activity can severely affect
these animals.
Over the
course of the year, dozens of birds will arrive to the Wildlife Rehabilitation
Centre in Gipuzkoa with firearm-inflicted wounds, evidence that there are still
illegal activities taking place which threaten biodiversity conservation. The
information provided by the Centre has allowed for identification of the most
affected species as well as the relationship between hunting ground locations
and the areas where the birds were found harmed.
Researchers
from the Aranzadi Society of Sciences (Gipuzkoa) analysed data from 2006 to
2013 in order to pinpoint what species arrived to the Rehabilitation Centre,
where they had been found and their reason for being admitted to the centre.
Juan
Arizaga, co-author of the study, explains that a statistical method was used to
determine whether the distances between the birds shot at and the nearest fixed
hunting stands measured less than the distances between those birds admitted to
the centre for other reasons, such as collisions.
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