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[07] Hunters 'kill 20 million thrushes a year'

By Jean Christou

CYPRIOT HUNTERS could kill as many as 20 million thrushes this year according to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) in the UK.

In an article in the Independent yesterday hundreds of thousands of Britian's best-loved song birds have been slaughtered by hunters in Cyprus after millions migrated form Europe and Turkey to escape harsh weather in January.

The RSPB estimates that up to 800,000, equivalent to almost half the breeding population of thrushes in Britain are thought to have been shot on the first day of the "killing orgy." Under Cyprus law the birds can be hunted legally on Wednesdays and Sundays from November to February. However many more birds are hunted illegally with the use of limesticks, a practice the authorities are trying to put an end to.

Guy Shorrock, an RSPB investigations officer told the Independent; "It appears millions of thrushes flew on to Cyprus and tens of thousands of hunters were out and shot a large percentage of them."

He added that the number of songbirds killed this year in Cyprus could exceed 20 million when trappers begin setting nets and sticks coated with a glue-like substance for migrating warblers, such as blackcaps.