Under the cover of night, activists patrol key poaching sites in southeast Cyprus, described as an ecological disaster zone for endangered migratory birds on their Mediterranean stopover. "Cyprus is ...

More than two million migratory birds were killed in Cyprus last autumn to feed an illicit taste for the delicacy on the Mediterranean island, a conservationist group said Monday. The survey by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every year, hundreds of thousands of migratory birds use the island of Cyprus as a stopover. Photo: Getty Images Every year, ...

Report links rise in birds trapped for human consumption to cuts in anti-poaching resources in area of British military base More than 400,000 songbirds were trapped and killed in Cyprus last autumn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Police Chief Constable Chris Eyre talks as he stands by confiscated mist nets at the British military police station inside the ...

Bird trapping with nets has almost halved in Cyprus when comparing autumn 2022 with the previous year, BirdLife Cyprus announced on Tuesday, calling the results “promising”. The figures reveal a 49 ...

About 17,000 birds spend the winter in the wetlands of Cyprus, BirdLife Cyprus and the game and wildlife service on Monday to mark World Wetlands Day, marked globally on February 2. On January 16 and ...

Wild life organizations claimed on Tuesday that illegal trapping in Cyprus resulted in the killing of over 2 million songbirds last year. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and BirdLife ...

PYLA RANGE, Cyprus (Reuters Life!) - A single talon ripped out of a bird is testament to an annual bloodbath in Cyprus, where songbirds are caught in their thousands to end up as expensive delicacies ...

Thousands of Greek Cypriot villagers have handed in their voting cards in protest at government attempts to stop a lucrative trade in trapping and selling small birds. The custom is for diners to eat ...

A handout picture released by the Commitee against Bird Slaughter (CABS) and taken in Paralimni, Cyprus, on April 15, 2014 shows a Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) caught on a lime stick bird trap.