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The slaughter tourism trade in Serbia

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As we speak, in Serbia these birds are still hunted in August and September. Local bird protection NGOs have been demanding a hunting ban on both Quails and Turtle Doves ever since. Allow me to take you back in time, to November 2014. As a result, on June 19 the Ministry announced a two years hunting ban on Turtle Dove.

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Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Their names echo musically in my brain (and challenge my typing skills) as I look at photos fuzzy and sharp, and read tales of habitat encroachment, avian disease, and hunting. It’s a lot harder to ignore conservation campaigns to save habitat when you’ve seen the ‘photographic record’ of what happens when you do.

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