Hi, Tweets

The following is in re to the "hunting" practices in Europe that I thought
some of you might find interesting. It is a posting from the South African
birdnet. Lark pate?! Pickled nightingale?!

Cheers, Diann


> Updating a Thread which appeared some time ago regarding the hunting of
>Birds in Europe, the following article (under the above Headline) appeared
>in the "Tablet", a weekly Catholic, London publication, at the end of July.
> "In France the hunters will be out in force again .......enjoying the
>extension of their season sanctioned by the French government. According to
>the Bird Directive..........there should be no hunting before the middle of
>August or after the end of January.
>.........That breathing space is jeopardised by allowing the French two
>months of extra slaughter..(the danger is)..........the same flagrant
>contravention of the European Union directive will spread to Italy and
>Spain...........
> The Italians, who have two million licensed hunters, against 1,5 in
>France, specialise in mist nets laid across Alpine passes,......Songbirds
>are sought after for the gourmet's table; elaborate culinary recipes are
>worked out for lark pate, blackbird casserole, pickled nightingale, skewered
>robin...............
> Royal Society for the Protection of Birds with its million members is a
>force to be reckoned with in Europe. Teaming up with the French "Ligue pour
>la Protection des Oiseaux" (LPO), the Society collected a million
>signatures..............But well over a million European hunters are
>petitioning for the directive to weakened, so the RSPB needs a second
>million.
>(RSPB address is given as follows, but if I remember correctly we have an
>email address)
>RSPB Admail 975,Freepost Ang6335, The Lodge, Sandy, Beds SG192TN "
>
>Len Fish
>"The Aquarium",
>Blairgowrie
>len fish at pixie.co.za
>
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Diann MacRae
Olympic Vulture Study
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