DHEKELIA, Cyprus – The top law enforcement official for Britain's two military bases on Cyprus says a crackdown on illegal bird trapping inside the bases over the last year has resulted in a record ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of migratory birds use the island of Cyprus as a stopover. Photo: Getty Images Every year, hundreds of thousands of migratory birds fall victim to illegal bird ...

More than two million migratory birds were killed in Cyprus last autumn to feed an illicit taste for the delicacy on the Mediterranean island, a conservationist group said Monday. The survey by ...

Photo provided to Xinhua by Birdlife Cyprus shows a trapped bird. NICOSIA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- With an estimated 2.3 million birds were killed in Cyprus last autumn, urgent and strict actions must be ...

About 17,000 birds spend the winter in the wetlands of Cyprus, BirdLife Cyprus and the game and wildlife service on Monday to mark World Wetlands Day, marked globally on February 2. On January 16 and ...

Illegal trappers on Cyprus killed more than half a million protected birds this fall for sale at local restaurants, conservationists said Thursday. It was the worst massacre in four years and came ...

There has also been a 70per cent reduction in the trapping of blackcaps over the past 12-months, officials said. Small migratory birds are considered a delicacy by some Cypriots and trapping feeds a ...

Acacia bushes provide an ideal roosting spot for migrating birds British authorities in Cyprus have been criticised for failing to effectively tackle the poaching of songbirds on a military base. Some ...

There are 50,000 hunters in Cyprus - but only 100 people are registered as active birdwatchers. Blackcaps have been served as a delicacy in Cyprus Until a few years ago, there was a big mismatch ...

The mass killing of migratory birds in Cyprus has reached a record low mainly due to a clampdown on illegal trapping in British military-controlled areas, a conservationist group said Monday. Birdlife ...

Thousands of Greek Cypriot villagers have handed in their voting cards in protest at government attempts to stop a lucrative trade in trapping and selling small birds. The custom is for diners to eat ...

British authorities in Cyprus have been criticised for failing to effectively tackle the poaching of songbirds on a military base. Some 1.7 million birds were illegally killed across the Republic of ...