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[CBBB]

Here BTW is the paper - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12196/epdf. This might answer the question about methodology

So basically they guessed!

[GreekIslandGirl]

Why Cyprus might be a bad place for cats .... too many cucumbers!

[supporttheunderdog]

More bad news for the endemic but rare species of Cyprus:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/05/11/suspected-mouflon-meat-trading-ring-uncovered/

May he spend a long time in Prison, and those he sold to.

[die7]

A special question for help. The story:
A sweety abandoned at Peyeia pound.

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Amazing volunteers managed to get an animal charity to take this dog. The vet check revealed it has mange plus leismania and is slowly dying... the b**tard who owned her probably knew that and discarded her like a piece of garbage at least her last few days will be filled with love and care
Today we (the PPDS) removed a dog from Pegeia pound on humanitarian grounds to take her for a vet check as she looked very poorly.

Not only has the dog clearly been beaten, she was extremely underweight with damaged eyesight and generally looked unwell.
We had blood tests done and she is Leishmania positive as well as having Mange she is suffering from renal failure, she is in pain and discomfort.
However this is Cyprus, and neither we nor the vet are allowed to end her suffering. No she has to suffer for at least 10 more days if we cannot find the owner (this is the person who did not bother to follow the law and microchip her, or feed her or bother to get veterinary help for her) as no one else is allowed to take responsibility for her for at least 15 days from being found.
The only light at the end of the tunnel is it is unlikely she will survive this long even with veterinary intervention.

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So we have asked our vet to make her as comfortable as possible and give her pain relief, rehydration and anything else she needs on our account.
We implore the owner if they see this to come forward and do the right thing by giving permission to end her suffering. If anyone knows who the owner might be please message us.

Any donations towards her vet treatment appreciated. We know she will not make it but we have to make sure she is comfortable so she will stay boarding at the vet for the time being where her condition can be monitored. https://www.facebook.com/PPDS-933704956666390/

[miltiades]

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Here is one happy dog, found abandoned and in a sad state. Daughter took her home in Limassol ,visit the vet, washed and cleaned up, a little love from the children and the transformation has been amazing. Bella is now a very happy full of life dog. Judge for your selves.

[die7]

Please, if anyone has an idea of the owner of the poor soul above the lucky one, pm. Agonizing but - according to Cyprus law- not even a peaceful death is possible!

[supporttheunderdog]

and the latesthttp://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/800743/military-base-bird-deaths-mod-take-years-to-stop

Bird SLAUGHTER: Defence chiefs say it will take 'YEARS' to stop massacres at military base

BRITISH defence chiefs confess it will take “years” to stop astronomical numbers of songbirds being slaughtered around one of its key military bases.

But they are looking at stopping it.

[repulsewarrior]

Source: Xinhua 2018-03-07 06:17:43
NICOSIA, March 6 (Xinhua) -- For the first time in many years there has been a "striking reduction" in bird trapping last year, thanks to new strict measures, a nature protection group said on Tuesday.

A statement by BirdLife Cyprus said that monitoring data for autumn 2017 showed a 79-percent decrease in trapping with illegal mist nets compared to 2002 and a sharp drop compared to autumn 2016.

"This is one of the lowest trapping levels with mist nets recorded since the start of the surveillance program, a very encouraging outcome for the main 2017 trapping season," a BirdLife statement added.

"Effective enforcement efforts of all competent authorities in combination with the imposition of deterrent penalties for offenders have brought welcome relief in the trapping situation," Martin Hellicar, Director of BirdLife Cyprus said.

The organization said that findings of a surveillance program showed that there had been 6.5 kilometers of mist net rides during the trapping season.

Bird trapping is a big issue for the eastern Mediterranean island which was forced to introduce draconian measures against bird trapping to avoid huge fines by the European Union.

Trapping of birds, which are sold illegally in restaurants as a gourmet dish, has been a centuries-old past time for residents of rural areas in Cyprus, as it has been in almost all Mediterranean countries.

Trapping is done mostly along the south coast of the island, part of which is within the jurisdiction of the British sovereign bases on the island.

Both Cypriot and British base authorities have introduced stricter surveillance measures, including placing stealth cameras on trees, and also fines of thousands of euros for the trapping of each single bird.

But poachers still manage to evade surveillance by placing their nets within fenced private properties.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-0 ... 020766.htm

...news, for the record.

[repulsewarrior]

...those who eat these birds as a delicacy will pay more, as they should in a free market economy. If there is to be an industry made out of killing these birds, it can be regulated to sustain the birds, and its viability; the birds i imagine would cost that much more, why not if there is a market willing to pay this price?

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-british-b ... gbird.html

...this is current news, i have made the point to demonstrate from around the world. At least it is good news (to me).

[repulsewarrior]

Cyprus lost six bird species since 1950 – BirdLife

https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/news/lo ... -birdlife/

...for the record.