#hunters

The forestry department has warned of a high risk of wildfires due to the prolonged drought, urging hunters to exercise extreme caution as the hunting season begins next Sunday. Hunters ...

Hunters were urged by the forestry department on Wednesday to completely avoid actions which could lead to a fire and to act with caution in forest areas, ahead of the ...

New legislation on the welfare of hunting dogs constitutes “an important step towards a clear and functional legal framework regarding the proper operation of private hunting dog exercise areas and ...

For more than seven decades, the Cyprus Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Federation has been a pillar of environmental protection, director general of the interior ministry Elikkos Ilia said on Sunday. ...

“The government will not be drawn into pre-election campaigning,” President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday, dismissing criticism against his administration as political posturing. The president was responding to criticism about ...

There will be no further investigation into the protest staged by hunters in March which blocked the motorway linking Nicosia and Limassol, police chief Themistos Arnaoutis said on Wednesday. He ...

Hunters from all over Cyprus met in Nicosia on Saturday to demonstrate outside the presidential palace, demanding stricter measures against poaching. The protestors submitted a memorandum with their demands and ...

Hunters have expressed their “disappointment” over a lack of huntable animals present in Cyprus on the first Sunday of the hunting season, Paphos district hunting federation chairman Giorgos Theodosiou said ...

Around 20,000 hunters went out on Sunday, the first day of the pheasant hunting season, game fund spokesman Petros Anayiotos said on Tuesday. He added that hunters are meant to register ...

The forestry department on Monday warned hunters about lighting fires, as the hunting season begins on Sunday. Hunters are advised to completely avoid lighting fires for any reason, as well ...

It is believed that the hunter who was found dead on Sunday afternoon “died of natural causes”, according to the police. An investigation is underway, with police currently saying it ...

Hunters are the main culprits in abandoning dogs, according to the Cyprus Environmental Movement which said on Thursday that 85-90 per cent of abandoned dogs are of hunting breeds. The ...

Measures to combat poaching and regulate hunting were discussed between the hunting federation and the ministry of justice, it was announced on Tuesday. According to the federation, the meeting between ...

I never thought I’d spend my Sunday talking with hunters. Hunting is an alien concept to me. Why anyone enjoys shooting animals, when there is no pressing need for ...

Hunters on Sunday called on the government to take action to reduce the number of dogs on the island that are poisoned. The Cypriot Hunters and Active Citizens Association said ...

Border collies Dixie and Sofie were once again instrumental in helping save other animals from poisoning after detecting a large number of poison baits. Both dogs work with officials from ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is already in contact with the relevant ministers to find solutions to the problems faced by Cyprus hunters, those protesting outside the palace on Sunday were told. ...

Game wardens out on patrol have booked two individuals caught with a hunting rifle at night, and outside the hunting season, the game service said in a post on Facebook ...

Two hunters were fined €500 and €150 for illegal transportation of an assembled firearm on Sunday in the Ayios Nikolaos community of Paphos. According to the Paphos police, two vehicles were stopped ...

By Andreas Pavlou Paphos police are investigating two hunters who refused to comply with the instructions of a gamekeeper and for using a sound imitation device, the force said on ...

Ahead of Sunday’s start of the hunting season, the game and fauna service released an updated list of rules to ensure safe hunting for everyone participating. An announcement published ...

Volunteers on Saturday placed water and feed troughs for animals in the areas that were burned by the fires last week in the mountainous areas of Larnaca and Limassol. The ...

Local hunters have opposed Birdlife Cyprus’ call for the suspension of the hunting of the globally threatened turtle dove for four years and instead proposed the implementation of a bag ...