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[Raymanoff]

i killed an octopus on sunday

[denizaksulu]

i killed an octopus on sunday

Good riddance. Did you have to tenderize it too?

[CyprusNewsReport]

European Bird Populations Estimates and Trends- published by the European Bird Census Council and Birdlife International says of the black cap:

Total- 17 000 000 to 42 000 000. In most reporting countries it is stable, in a few increasing, and it is decreasing only Albania, moderately.

So let us enjoy this bloody bird, and eat a few while it passes through those orchards specially planted for catching them. Because if there is no more catching those orchards are soon going to be turned over to "developers" and then there will be one more country reporting a decrease in their population.

NOw to get back to anchovies and sardines, they are definitely decresing according to EU fisheries people, butere is not ONE SINGLE organiztion protesting sardine killing. Let us cut out this idiotic distinction between the cuddly ones and the slimy ones.

It's not just the blackcap they catch. There are over 100 species that migrate through Cyprus, and some of them are endangered:

"Around 11% of migratory birds are Globally Threatened or Near Threatened according to BirdLife International on behalf of the IUCN Red List. Of these, 31 are classified as Critically Endangered. " (Birdlife - http://www.birdlifecyprus.org/index.php ... ws&lang=en)

The issue is conservation; conserving our natural resources so that the environment is protected. By carelessly destroying as many birds as possible, the poachers impact our lives, they take away quality of life.

Their methods are indiscriminate, the practice is unnecessary and the birds' deaths are cruel.

[CyprusNewsReport]

i killed an octopus on sunday

Octopi aren't endangered

[CyprusNewsReport]

All animals should be respected; and not simply because they sing sweetly.

Agree, O - but these particular birds do sing sweetly, we can't ignore that. If we don't hear the sound of birdsong, it means they are not breeding, dying out!

Why would anyone want a world without songbirds? It's insensitivity at its highest peak

[CyprusNewsReport]

Oh for fucks sake, not the animal crowd again!

do you guys ever protest about sardine or anchovy fishing? What is the fucking difference between a bird and a sardine? Probably the latter does not attract good funding.

The next thing we need to hear is that ridiculous slogan "rats have rights" and that will make my day.

Are they endangered? There is a problem with blue fin tuna overfishing. What's so hard about understanding that we have to conserve our environment and not abuse it?

Rats play an integral role in the food chain, I might draw the line at 'rats have rights', but I certainly support the concept of the environment having the right to exist, prosper and be taken care of!

[Oracle]

All animals should be respected; and not simply because they sing sweetly.

Agree, O - but these particular birds do sing sweetly, we can't ignore that. If we don't hear the sound of birdsong, it means they are not breeding, dying out!

Why would anyone want a world without songbirds? It's insensitivity at its highest peak

I think it's unfair to change the argument from one of why poachers continue to trap birds (for food!) to one of suggesting willfully setting out to produce a world without songbirds! Most men I have known over the years, who hunt, appreciate the sound of birds as much as you and I (maybe more-so, as some whistle amazingly ). They're not out to silence the world. Just catch free food.

Most of these birds are in danger from the migrating Brits setting up home in over-sized developments. Even the most rural ideals in the UK are bereft of the extent of wildlife we witness in Cyprus -- so the Cypriots must be doing something right (as hard as that is to admit by some people). It's some of the modern practices, alien to Cyprus, which most endanger our wildlife ...

[denizaksulu]

All animals should be respected; and not simply because they sing sweetly.

Agree, O - but these particular birds do sing sweetly, we can't ignore that. If we don't hear the sound of birdsong, it means they are not breeding, dying out!

Why would anyone want a world without songbirds? It's insensitivity at its highest peak

I think it's unfair to change the argument from one of why poachers continue to trap birds (for food!) to one of suggesting willfully setting out to produce a world without songbirds! Most men I have known over the years, who hunt, appreciate the sound of birds as much as you and I (maybe more-so, as some whistle amazingly ). They're not out to silence the world. Just catch free food.

Most of these birds are in danger from the migrating Brits setting up home in over-sized developments. Even the most rural ideals in the UK are bereft of the extent of wildlife we witness in Cyprus -- so the Cypriots must be doing something right (as hard as that is to admit by some people). It's some of the modern practices, alien to Cyprus, which most endanger our wildlife ...

Look who's talking. I am waiting for you say that all birds flying south from Anatolia to be shot down, because of some infringment of airspace or other.

[Get Real!]

i killed an octopus on sunday

Why you little... %$#$@!&^%$#@!

Now hang your head in shame and go stand in the corner of the forum where some Brits will soon come and interrogate you for the next three hours!

Your excuse had better be good!

[Gasman]

Most of these birds are in danger from the migrating Brits setting up home in over-sized developments.

You obviously meant to say from the CYPRIOT PROPERTY DEVELOPERS building over-sized developments then selling them to Brits (like you)

Cypriot Property Developers seem to be working flat out to ruin Cyprus. One way or another.