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  1. David

    ID from Lebanon

    Can anyone help with an ID of this (game) bird shot by hunters in Lebanon?
  2. David

    Terrible massacre of thousands of migrant finches and pipits in Italy

    Dear friends and colleagues, Video material shot by CABS members in the Italian Alps has severely shocked bird and nature lovers all over Europe. The film shows the massacre of over 10,000 song birds by over 100 hunters on an alpine mountain pass vital for bird migration. Within a short...
  3. David

    Conservationists attacked on Cyprus

    During our spring camp we were accompanied for some of the time by a film crew from Stern TV (German RTL). They made a short documentary (10 mins) which included one of our teams (Andrea) - and them - being attacked by poachers (the teams reported similar incidents almost every day -...
  4. David

    Anti-poaching ops in the Mediterranean spring 2011

    Media echoes: Links to international press clippings
  5. David

    CABS Cyprus spring 2011 bird protection camp

    The daily diary is here: DAILY CAMP DIARY
  6. David

    A small victory on Malta

    http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110222/local/two-hunters-found-guilty-of-threatening-cabs-volunteer The original story is here: CABS volunteer assaulted during bird cemetery find
  7. David

    CABS bird protection camps spring 2011

    Preparations for our spring camps in Italy and on Cyprus and Malta are now well under way. Details of the camps here
  8. David

    CABS Annual Operational Report 2010

    Dear friends, members, colleagues, supporters and regular followers of our activities and campaigns, Once again we at CABS have an eventful year behind us. Our new look website at www.komitee.de/en is packed with information on our activities at home and abroad; but for those with less time to...
  9. David

    CABS Annual Operational Report 2010

    Dear friends, members, colleagues, supporters and regular followers of our activities and campaigns, Once again we at CABS have an eventful year behind us. Our new look website at www.komitee.de/en is packed with information on our activities at home and abroad; but for those with less time to...
  10. David

    Prison sentence for bird trader

    Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany: On 15.11.2010 The Pirmasens administrative court sentenced Klaus S. to two years and four months imprisonment as well as a fine of 6,000 Euros for illegal trade in protected birds of prey and falsification of documents. The court found the man guilty...
  11. David

    Talking naturally - Podcast with CABS

    Have a listen to this when you have time. Charlie Moores interviews David Conlin of CABS Mostly concentrating on the problem of bird slaughter in the Mediterranean.
  12. David

    Osprey shot down over Malta

    An Osprey ringed in Germany as part of a conservation project was yesterday afternoon recovered by the ALE and BirdLife Malta, shortly after it was illegally shot in the Salina Bird Sanctuary. The Osprey had a numbered metal ring identifying it as a bird from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern...
  13. David

    Bird trapping in Cyprus - please support

    Hi, The birds migrating NOW over Cyprus need all the help we can give them. Please support our teams in the field and out cyberaction: Follow this link http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=1938020#post1938020 For the birds!
  14. David

    CABS: Birds do not always sing

    See our latest video: Birds do not always sing
  15. David

    Cyprus: Song bird trapping

    The following article and video are perhaps new to some: Millions of songbirds killed for recipe
  16. David

    Bird Slaughter in the Med - Emptying the skies

    The attached article should be of interest ... ... and for those who don't know him - Google the author Jonathan Franzen.
  17. David

    Malta - autumn migration protection operations

    See today's CABS press release: CABS bird protection camp ‘Safe Passage’ begins on 10 September
  18. David

    Volunteer for anti-bird trapping operations on Cyprus this autumn (October)

    Ms. Edith Loosli, a Swiss lady who has been campaigning for years with her group ‘Migratory Birds Conservation in Cyprus’ against bird trappers in the southeast of Cyprus, is looking for one volunteer to assist her in locating illegally set out lime sticks and nets during the period 10 - 20...
  19. David

    Illegal hunting and trapping in Europe

    I have started a new page on the CABS website where our camp participants comment on their experiences as first-timers. I hope this will encourage others to think about either practical involvement in such operations (BirdLife Malta for example also run annual 'Spring Watch' and 'Autumn Raptor...
  20. David

    stop parany trapping

    I have always had a good response from the ex-Beeb forum in the past. Please follow the link and add your support. It is important and urgent! http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=1535009#post1535009 Thank you,
  21. David

    BIRDLIFE WARDEN SHOT (again!) ON MALTA!

    See http://www.birdlifemalta.org/view.aspx?id=170 React please: This is scandalous. The police must crack down. Write letters to the Times of Malta [email protected] and the Prime Minister of Malta [email protected] or Secretary to the Cabinet Tel: (356) 22 001 260 Fax: 22 001 262 ...
  22. David

    Save the Lapwing - new initiative

    Please add your support at: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=1454551#post1454551
  23. David

    Save the Lapwing - new initiative

    In support of the initiative by BirdLife International and the French Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux (LPO) to achieve a ban on Lapwing killing in the EU, particularly in France, CABS and Proact have started an email protest campaign directed at the French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The...
  24. David

    A New Attempt To Change Italian Hunting Law

    Please action and pass to your lists and contacts. In the next few weeks, hunting extremists and their supporters in Italian politics, will make their by far most determined attempt ever to change Italian hunting legislation. This group, the so-called Sparasiepi, call for a complete lifting of...
  25. David

    Strike against poaching in Italy

    In mid-March WWF game wardens struck a blow against the poaching scene in Brescia province, on the edge of the Southern Alps. Together with officers of the State Forest Police they arrested 2 hunters who had shot at protected bird species during the close season. Over 200 dead birds, as well as...
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