türkçe links to original Turkish article
(Hürriyet Newspaper, 14 October 2023)
"because they were flying" click here for more migratory
madness, as reported by TNT last month.
Should they walk or swim south for the winter?
The most dangerous part of migratory birds' trip south for the winter is
Lebanon, where for years there have been massacres of the birds by
means of automatic weapons fire (!). Although such "hunting" is
forbidden in Lebanon, volunteers working with police have been unable
to put an end to the massacres.
Turkish birdwatcher Emin Yoğurçuoğlu lamented that "they kill the birds
sometimes for fun, sometimes for food, and sometimes based on
superstitions. Their targets are eagles, owls, flamingoes, pelicans, storks -
in short, any bird that flies over them. I encountered the same problem
in Hatay. I asked an illegal hunter why he was shooting at the birds and
he said in response 'because it was flying' (!). Sometimes they kill 300
birds in one fell swoop. In our country, at least, we have to make them
aware of the problem."
Hatay (yellow pin) is just north of coastal Syria and Lebanon.
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