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The slaughter tourism trade in Serbia

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The cargo was meant to be sold as delicacies to restaurants in Italy. More campaign photos at the FB page of the BPSSS/BirdLife Serbia). But by then, all surviving Turtle Doves are already in Africa, and those less fortunate await in deep freezers for their final flight to Italy. Left: David Lindo, a.k.a. What happened next?

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De arte venandi cum avibus: San Martino Siir (2015) – Aglianico del Vulture DOC

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While the hunting of game with trained birds of prey can be a controversial topic among birders , falconry was a valuable early source of information on birds, and its history, culture, and imagery continue to fascinate bird lovers, as we shall see. To my knowledge, the chronicles don’t record the wine preferences of Frederick II.

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