10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2015

And that flight is illegal because EU legislation does not allow export of game meat from Serbia to EU. Serbian government is selling out a threatened species to poachers to acquire funds that would allow it to, for example, buy one new car for the Ministry of Agriculture. The Turtle Dove is not a trophy animal.

Serbia 270

Serbia Slaughter Slaughtered Turtles 270

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2013

The survival of songbirds depends in part upon eliminating illegal hunting. Volunteers with the Committee Against Bird Slaughter sneak into a grove where a farmer has just placed lime sticks to snag unwary birds. Take Hawaii, for example. Photo by David Guttenfelder, courtesy of National Geographic ).

Cambodia 144

Cambodia Slaughter Slaughtered Cyprus 144

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

In 2008, over nine billion chickens were slaughtered for Americans to eat. The example of the Eurasian Collared-Dove in Florida during the late 20th century provides a model application of this rule (Population Growth and Range Expansion criteria), even though the origin of this species in the state may be in doubt.

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Chickens Florida Feral Species 205