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The slaughter tourism trade in Serbia

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Allow me to take you back in time, to November 2014. And that flight is illegal because EU legislation does not allow export of game meat from Serbia to EU. Unfortunately, this meeting was not about their protection, but about the lack of it! The Turtle Dove is not a trophy animal. No one is going to stuff it and put on a mantlepiece.

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The Wryneck: Biology, Behaviour, Conservation and Symbolism of Jynx torquilla: A Book Review

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But every photo is clearly here for a reason, whether to show juvenile plumage or large egg clutches or illegal trapping (many of the images in the Challenges and Conservation chapter are from CABS, the Committee Against Bird Slaughter).