3 teenage poachers held, 7 migratory birds carcass found

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 - 18:19

Berhampur (Odisha): Wildlife officials arrested three more teenagers engaged in poaching of migratory birds from different villages under Tangi range in Chilika wildlife division.

The officials also seized carcass of seven migratory birds from the arrested youths yesterday.

While they arrested two juvenile boys from Ujjala-Gopinathpur village and seized four migratory birds, two pond heron and two spot-billed duck, another boy was caught from Tentuliapada village and three dead shovellers were seized from him.

The two juvenile poachers of Ujjala Gopinathpur village allegedly trapped to kill the migratory birds while the other accused in Tentualiapada allegedly poisoned the lake to kill the shovellers, said divisional forest officer (DFO) Chilika wildlife division Bikash Ranjan Das.

With this, at least six teenage boys were so far arrested on charges of poaching the migratory birds in the lake in a span of 15 days.

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Anger over shot rare bird

23 December 2013 10:04

Cyprus is facing international     embarrassment after a rare bird, last spotted on the island in 1979, was shot and killed by poachers, a conservation group has said. 

Speaking to The Cyprus Weekly, BirdLife Cyprus spokesperson Tassos Shialis said the local bird watching community is still in shock over the illegal shooting of a Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax) within the UN controlled buffer zone near Yeri in Nicosia. 

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Fears for safety of birds as live traps found

Traps containing small birds being used as live bait have sparked fears poachers are trying to catch sparrowhawks.

The RSPB and Lincolnshire Police have found nets containing dead and live creatures at a farm, where they also found a small wire cage on a pole containing two dead warblers with fishing wire nooses on the outside.

Investigators are linking the discovery to a 2ft tall mesh cage baited with a Greenfinch which was hoisted 20ft up a tree a mile away on the north side of Boston Cemetery. This trap also had fishing wire snares fixed to the outside.

It is believed the traps were designed to catch sparrowhawks, which could have been be lured in to attack the thrashing birds.

Read more: http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/Fears-safety-birds-live-traps/story-19781673-detail/story.html#ixzz2fH3PFUpO