A conservation group in Cyprus says that police have been lax in cracking down on criminal gangs who illegally trap songbirds to supply restaurants. Tassos Shialis of the conservation group BirdLife Cyprus says that the overall war on songbird poaching is being won. But he says criminal gangs continue to make “serious money by trapping on an industrial scale” and are doing so “with impunity.” Shialis says there are still up to 15 major trapping sites that use mist nets _ fine mesh suspended betw
FILE - A bird is entangled in a net used by poachers to trap migrating songbirds in the early morning in Larnaca district, Cyprus, on Nov. 3, 2012. Conservationists in Cyprus say despite a huge drop in illegal poaching of migratory songbirds last year, law enforcement authorities continue to drag their feet on prosecuting underworld-connected poachers who trap the birds on an “industrial scale” to illicitly supply restaurants.
According to the group’s 2022 report, trapping last year dropped by as much as a half in the survey area, down to about 345,000 birds killed. But Shialis told The Associated Press that there are still up to 15 major trapping sites that use mist nets — fine mesh suspended between two poles — to catch the birds.
Fines of 2000 euros for using mist nets have deterred many trappers, but authorities aren’t targeting big-time poachers in part because of a lack of clarity between police and the Game and Fauna Service over who takes the lead in those cases, Shialis said.
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