Hi Everybody,
Please help us to stop this criminal act. It is illegal under the EU Bird Directive but goes on in Spain where the trappers are asking the government to make it legal. If they do other countries will follow suit and ask to continue their old ways of trapping small song birds and it will be a definite step in the wrong direction. To protect all our birds world wide we need strong laws against the hunting and trapping. The aim is to get 10,000 signatures I hope with BF members' help we can get more than that the total now stands at 115.
Please follow David Conlin's link below read all about it and more importantly, please please sign the petition.
Thank you.
Ann:egghead:
The trapping method known in the Spanish regions of Valencia and southern Catalonia as Parany has been illegal since 2002. Monitoring studies by local conservationists have shown however that this practice has continued almost unabated until the present day. This is because the practice is tolerated (some would say encouraged) by many local authorities and political parties in Valencia. In this region alone it is estimated that over 1 ½ million migrant song birds fall victim to Parany every year - in the course of a single month!
The Parany trapping technique involves the planting and cultivation of high stands of trees (mostly enclosed on private property), interlaced with poles to which sticks impregnated with glue or lime are attached. The migrant song birds are attracted to the tree groups as ideal night roosts. To ensure a high catch illegal electronic lures are also employed. The plumage of the birds settling on the sticks becomes glued together and the birds fall helpless to the ground. There they are collected by the trapper who kills them (if they are still alive) - usually by crushing the bird's skull between thumb and fingers.
The ruling party in the Valencian Parliament (PP) has now proposed a change to the Valencian Hunting Law to permit Parany trapping, to be voted on and approved as soon as possible, probably in September. The trapping season for the target migrant birds is in October.
A report is to be sent to the EU by Spanish conservationists in order to prevent the legalisation of the rampant Parany trapping in Spain. In the run-up to the official Spanish campaign you are urged to lend your support by sending an Email or letter to the Spanish authorities (copy to the European Commission) urging them to withdraw their support for Parany trapping. Please go today to:
http://www.proact-campaigns.net/proact_spain/no_to_paranys
and send your mail to the Spanish authorities.
At the same time we are petitioning the European Commission to act to stop the illegal trapping, prevent the passing of legislation in contravention of the Birds Protection Guidelines and impose sever financial sanctions on Spain if necessary. This and more on the Proact websie, where a draft letter to your MEP and the relevant link is also provided.
For all those from outside the European Union - we need your support as well.
David Conlin, Proact International and Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS)
Please help us to stop this criminal act. It is illegal under the EU Bird Directive but goes on in Spain where the trappers are asking the government to make it legal. If they do other countries will follow suit and ask to continue their old ways of trapping small song birds and it will be a definite step in the wrong direction. To protect all our birds world wide we need strong laws against the hunting and trapping. The aim is to get 10,000 signatures I hope with BF members' help we can get more than that the total now stands at 115.
Please follow David Conlin's link below read all about it and more importantly, please please sign the petition.
Thank you.
Ann:egghead:
The trapping method known in the Spanish regions of Valencia and southern Catalonia as Parany has been illegal since 2002. Monitoring studies by local conservationists have shown however that this practice has continued almost unabated until the present day. This is because the practice is tolerated (some would say encouraged) by many local authorities and political parties in Valencia. In this region alone it is estimated that over 1 ½ million migrant song birds fall victim to Parany every year - in the course of a single month!
The Parany trapping technique involves the planting and cultivation of high stands of trees (mostly enclosed on private property), interlaced with poles to which sticks impregnated with glue or lime are attached. The migrant song birds are attracted to the tree groups as ideal night roosts. To ensure a high catch illegal electronic lures are also employed. The plumage of the birds settling on the sticks becomes glued together and the birds fall helpless to the ground. There they are collected by the trapper who kills them (if they are still alive) - usually by crushing the bird's skull between thumb and fingers.
The ruling party in the Valencian Parliament (PP) has now proposed a change to the Valencian Hunting Law to permit Parany trapping, to be voted on and approved as soon as possible, probably in September. The trapping season for the target migrant birds is in October.
A report is to be sent to the EU by Spanish conservationists in order to prevent the legalisation of the rampant Parany trapping in Spain. In the run-up to the official Spanish campaign you are urged to lend your support by sending an Email or letter to the Spanish authorities (copy to the European Commission) urging them to withdraw their support for Parany trapping. Please go today to:
http://www.proact-campaigns.net/proact_spain/no_to_paranys
and send your mail to the Spanish authorities.
At the same time we are petitioning the European Commission to act to stop the illegal trapping, prevent the passing of legislation in contravention of the Birds Protection Guidelines and impose sever financial sanctions on Spain if necessary. This and more on the Proact websie, where a draft letter to your MEP and the relevant link is also provided.
For all those from outside the European Union - we need your support as well.
David Conlin, Proact International and Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS)
