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60 Second Sell: CABS
By Charlie • October 17, 2009 • No comments yet
Organisation: The Committee Against Bird Slaughter
Who are we?
The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) is the English title for the German “Komitee gegen den Vogelmord e.V.”, a recognised independent non-profit conservation organisation based in Bonn. CABS is a non-partisan and politically independent organisation which finances its operations and day to day activities exclusively through donations [...]
Limesticking on Cyprus on the rise
By Charlie • October 5, 2009 • 4 commentsThe war on birds in southern Europe continues, and so does our support for the organisations (and brave individuals) who put themselves in the way of the morally-bankrupt hunters and trappers who so clearly act OUTSIDE of European law. We’ve highlighted illegal hunting on Malta (eg here and here), then illegal trapping on Cyprus, returned [...]
Interview: Martin Hellicar, BirdLife Cyprus
By Charlie • April 23, 2009 • 7 commentsA few weeks ago we posted an article entitled “Cyprus: killing Europe’s Songbirds for a Snack”, which was triggered by a shocking report released by BirdLife Cyprus As we wrote at the time, BirdLife Cyprus had determined that between March 2008 and February 2009 a staggering 1.1 MILLION birds were netted or were caught on [...]
What’s happening to our migrants?
By Charlie • April 1, 2009 • 3 commentsClimate change, Cypriots with lime-sticks, urban sprawl, drought in Africa…it’s no wonder that Europe’s migratory bird populations are going through changes. One of the most peculiar though is this footage of a Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus, and when I say ‘common’ they’re becoming less and less common every year. In years gone by the call [...]
Cyprus: killing Europe’s songbirds for a snack?
By Charlie • March 26, 2009 • 30 commentsJust what is it about southern Europe that causes some of its citizens to act like throwbacks to the Stone Age: the weather, the lack of effective policing, a hole where morality would normally reside?
I only ask because over the last two weeks a number of items have appeared on the BirdLife International website [...]
