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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Markus Jais" data-source="post: 1381981" data-attributes="member: 29500">There are currently protests from Birdlife Austria and WWF Austria. And the issue is coming up in the media. Let's hope that stupid nonsense can be stopped.It's really just an excuse to shoot raptors. There is absolutely not ecological reason that justifies this. Politicians just did what the hunter lobby wants.Who will count the numbers? If a hunter kills 5 buzzards and he says that he has killed only 1, who will check this? It can't be done.In the area where the killing is planned, many other raptors spend the winter including Hen Harries and White-tailed Eagles. The area also holds 2 pairs of the globally threatened Eastern Imperial Eagle. The often completely lacking ID skills of many hunters might result in other species getting shot, too. Some might say: "Shoot first, identify later".  Markus</blockquote>