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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. Too little, too late – yes; but still a step in the right direction. You guessed it right – the hunting lobby used their influence for political pressures. And that flight is illegal because EU legislation does not allow export of game meat from Serbia to EU.

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Bird Conservation News: The Good, The Bad (and Ugly), and More Good

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Confiscated from a poacher in Brescia, Italy, this robin will be released to fly away into an uncertain world, where habitat is threatened and predators and poachers await. The survival of songbirds depends in part upon eliminating illegal hunting. Photo by David Guttenfelder, courtesy of National Geographic ).

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