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[RichardB]

between March 2008 and February 2009 a staggering 1.1 MILLION birds were shot, netted, or caught on limesticks in Cyprus.'

Well thats only about 1.2 per head of population
The way people are going on you'd think the problem was rife

[chedda]

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[miltiades]

Another aspect of Cypriot " culture" that is an embarrassment . The days when these wretched birds were hunted as a supplement to the culinary tastes have long gone. It is an illegal practice , our courts determined so and the EU has ruled such practices illegal.

[miltiades]

Another aspect of Cypriot " culture" that is an embarrassment . The days when these wretched birds were hunted as a supplement to the culinary tastes have long gone. It is an illegal practice , our courts determined so and the EU has ruled such practices illegal.

[chedda]

I think i've got it ?

[chedda]

Correctamundo Militiades i concur whole heartedly.

[Talisker]

between March 2008 and February 2009 a staggering 1.1 MILLION birds were shot, netted, or caught on limesticks in Cyprus.'

Well thats only about 1.2 per head of population
The way people are going on you'd think the problem was rife

Most contributors to this forum will live in societies which are perfectly capable of producing enough food for their populations. Cyprus is one of those societies. No one is starving, and the supermarket shelves are overflowing, so there seems little need to kill birds on this scale. The hidden cost to the environment is probably huge, and not necessarily in Cyprus, as many of the birds caught will be migratory. Some would have eaten x numbers of insects per day, insects which might be consuming our agricultural produce or those that cause disease.

There are lessons to be learnt from similar interference with the natural ecosystem. In 1958 in China, Chairman Mao ordered a massive 3-day campaign to exterminate sparrows, which were thought harmful because they ate the peasant's grain. Numerous other birds were killed in the process and the following year a plague of locusts became a problem. This is admittedly an extreme example, but provides a warning nonetheless.
http://timelines.ws/countries/CHINA_1925_1994.HTML

So, the Cypriot unnecessary mass-killing of birds, just for sport (birds glued to sticks - sport?) or tradition, doesn't make sense to me.

[chedda]

An excellent response Talisker. Wild animals are few and far between let's protect them for future generations and the well being of our planet. By all means slaughter me a fattened calf that is screaming for its mother i have no qualms.(read between the lines and draw your own conclusions)