Worldwide Bird Slaughter

Oneputt
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edited November 2016 in Wildlife, Nature & the Great Outdoors #1

Just read this article:

Authorities in Jordan announced recently the seizure of 7,000 dead birds in the largest illegal hunting violation ever recorded in the Kingdom of Jordan after receiving reports about a person who was in possession of large
numbers of dead birds in the eastern desert.

 

The rangers from the Royal Department for Protecting Environment and the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN – BirdLife in Jordan) caught the hunter and seized the dead birds in October. The hunter was
found in possession of 6,800 Blackcaps Sylvia atricapilla, 40 Eurasian Golden Orioles Oriolus oriolus and 45 Laughing Doves Spilopelia
senegalensis. 




The Jordians have strict rules regarding the hunting of wild birds so this poacher is going to be severly punished

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  • Oneputt
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    edited November 2016 #2

    More slaughter in Malta

    http://birdlifemalta.org/2016/11/exceptional-eagle-migration-leads-illegal-hunting-autumn-season/

    We are constantly bombarded with how good the EU is for wildlife and the environment but my experience is that they are woefully inadquate.  I for one will never return to Malta whilst this slaughter continues!

    http://birdlifemalta.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Summary-of-incidents.pdf

  • brue
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    edited November 2016 #3

    My Maltese friend is out there now, there's a sort of medieval hunting culture that they wont give up but it is gradually changing.

  • Kennine
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    edited November 2016 #4

    Bird slaughter eh. -- we in the UK can hardly hold our heads up on this subject. . There are thousands and thousands of birds slaughtered in the UK by domestic cats which owners fail to keep under control.Surprised

    Cheers. . K

  • Oneputt
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    edited November 2016 #5

    Its good to see that wildlife organisations in Malta are trying to educate the young.  Its the indiscrimate nature of these gunman that gets me.  We still have much to do in this country but the French, Italians and Spanish still think that slaughter is
    their birthright.

  • brue
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    edited November 2016 #6

    Kennine. They've got cats on Malta too, but that's another story.

  • Metheven
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    edited November 2016 #7

    ... and grouse shooters should reverse the gun before pulling the trigger.

  • Pliers
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    edited November 2016 #8

    Totally beyond me how anybody can get pleasure out of killing birds, or any other wildlife.

    Just don't understand it at all.

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited November 2016 #9

    Totally beyond me how anybody can get pleasure out of killing birds, or any other wildlife.

    Just don't understand it at all.

    Pleasure apparentlyDon't cry. No I don't understand it either.

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited November 2016 #10

    To breed birds, or any animals, with the sole intent of killing them for 'sport' is abhorrent.

  • Kennine
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    edited November 2016 #11

    Can't understand why anybody would want to kill birds OR allow their cat to do so.  

    Abhorrent practice..Frown

    Cheers ... K 

     

  • brue
    brue Forum Participant Posts: 21,176 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited November 2016 #12

    There is a good book out K...

    How to train your cat

    by I.C.A Dog

    My cat can't read unfortunately

  • Kennine
    Kennine Forum Participant Posts: 3,472
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    edited November 2016 #13

    There is a good book out K...

    How to train your cat

    by I.C.A Dog

    My cat can't read unfortunately

    Write your comments here...Ha Ha I like that, ---- but seriously there
    are      irresponsible people who allow their cats to slaughter wild birds.

    The slaughter of any bird is unacceptable.  Humans can stop this happening.. 

    Cheers   K

  • mickysf
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    edited November 2016 #14

    It's not just the shooting, it's the spraying across our countryside with toxic lead just waiting to be ingested and posion our wildlife. This 'sport' needs sorting out very quickly!Yell

  • Oneputt
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    edited November 2016 #15

    Fairly simple solution to try and halt some of estimated 16 million birds being killed by cats, put a collar with bell attached on them. Sure some cats wouldn't like it but start when they are kittens.

    Drove over 6 thousand miles and visited 12 European countries (some more than once) and saw 3 Pheasants, wonder why that would be!!

     

  • brue
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    edited November 2016 #16

    I'm not convinced about cats, they usually take out less wary birds on the ground. Collars on cats aren't safe and can cause neck injuries etc. Seeing the amount of birds our local Sparrowhawk takes I feel birds eat/kill quite a few birds too.

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited November 2016 #17

    Brue, I would have thought most 'House Cats' Are too lazy to try really hard to capture wild Birds. I've seen Cats in my garden lazily stalking the Birds but not very successfully. They do better in late Spring stalking chicks who are slow & trusting. House
    Cats don't need to hunt to live, they do it for fun & instinct.

  • Oneputt
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    edited November 2016 #18

    One of my neighbors cats got two adult swallows last year, one on my roof, they were both badly mauled, I'll not go into details but the end result was that I had to kill both, broke my heart.  If the cat had been wild and needed food I wouldn't have batter
    an eyelid

  • brue
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    edited November 2016 #19

    I suppose most animals or birds have natural predators. What's not so good is humans taking out birds for no reason other than a cultural tradition, I hope it will cease at some point.

  • Kennine
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    edited November 2016 #20

    Previous posters are quite correct when they say that domestic cats don't need to slaughter birds to eat.

    They slaughter for fun. It is unacceptable that owners allow this.  Apparently in the UK, more birds are slaughtered by domestic cats than by humans involved in.the reprehensible pursuit of slaughtering them by shooting.

    As I said before humans can stop this dreadful slaughter easily. . . All that's needed is the will do do.so

    Cheers.  K

  • mickysf
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    edited November 2016 #21

    I'm not convinced that 'fun' is right when applied to cats doing what comes naturally. We really don't know if they feel pleasure as we humans do, they may just be sharpening their innate survival skills, who knows? But we humans can get pleasure in perverse , cruel,and abhorant ways! And killing for fun as described is just plain wrong! We have the ability to choose right from wrong! Think about it, that's the difference between animals and us may be!

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