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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 20 February 2024)
Blinds leading the blind.
The Kabaklı Sulama Pond, created by waters from the Tigris River on
the campus of Dicle University in Diyarbakır, is home to more than 200
species of birds, including storks, herons, sandpipers, larks, pigeons,
goldfinches, turtle doves, redshanks and black-necked stilts (!). The
site, essentially a bird haven, has become a go-to place for birdwatchers.
However (!), despite hunting being prohibited, some unidentified
individuals cut down four trees on the campus to make hunting blinds
in two places, where many spent bullet shells have been found.
Dicle University's Biology Department Chief Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kılıç
asserted that this illegal hunting threatens bird species with extinction
and he added that "our winter birds and other animals are faced with
this problems. Unfortunately, the hunters have cut down trees to make
blinds for themselves, harming the trees and murdering the birds with
automatic weapons (!). There is no need for hunting these days, it's
considered just a hobby, a sport. From the spent cartridges we know
that tens of bullets have been fired at the birds. Kabaklı Pond can be
entered with permission but the hunters ignore the prohibition on
hunting. We have many species here but we will lose them all if this
continues. We expect the requisite penalties for these hunters."
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