#hunting

Four hunters were fined more than €10,000 in total for illegal hunting in Paphos, Nicosia and Limassol on Sunday, the game service told the Cyprus Mail. The fined included a 21-year-old ...

Ahead of the start of the hunting season on Sunday, the forestry department has appealed to hunters to be particularly careful and to avoid any actions or activities that may ...

The Game and Fauna service on Tuesday warned that poaching was a serious crime as they announced the regulations for turtle dove hunting this year that limits killing to 12 birds ...

An elderly man in Paphos was fined 11,126 euros on Sunday for hunting during the closed season, and for poaching. According to police, the man was seen leaving his house in ...

BirdLife Cyprus is asking for assurances from the Game Service that an EU-mandated programme to limit hunting of the threatened turtle dove this autumn will be effectively monitored. It fears ...

Firearm permits should have an expiration date and their criteria should be reviewed, Law Commissioner Louiza Zannetou said Thursday, a day after a 58-year-old man shot and killed his neighbour ...

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 ...

A BirdLife Cyprus study made available on Thursday revealed that Lake Soros, located in the southwestern part of the salt lake near Meneou, is at risk of lead contamination due ...

Hunting near the lake at Delikipos should be prohibited to protect waterbirds and allow friends of nature to enjoy the area, the Animal Party said on Friday. The party’s ...

At least 135 million birds are currently at risk of lead poisoning throughout the EU Consultations are underway in view of EU moves to restrict the use of lead in ammunition ...

The director of BirdLife Cyprus says controlled hunting can be compatible with wildlife conservation Conservationists and hunters should talk more, but dialogue with the hunting lobby is not my favourite ...