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Acheron Delta, Greece: Hell is Closed for Renovation

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I can still hear the gunshots and hope that the hunters really do shoot only the flying birds. By now, I use the same dyke to return to the town to reach the next one; but now there is a hunter standing at every hundred metres. There’s a pickup truck parked by the dirt road, next to it stands a bored hunter.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Service is committed to strengthening and expanding hunting and fishing opportunities,” said Ashe. “The

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BIRDING ACHERON: Hell is closed for renovation

10,000 Birds

I can still hear the gunshots and hope that the hunters really do shoot only the flying birds. By now, I use the same dyke to return to the town to reach the next one; but now there is a hunter standing at every hundred meters. There’s a pickup truck parked by the dirt road, next to it stands a bored hunter. Circaetus gallicus.

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