A conservation group in Cyprus said Wednesday that police have been lax in cracking down on criminal gangs that illegally trap migratory songbirds to supply restaurants, although the poaching has ...

NICOSIA, CyprusNICOSIA, Cyprus — A conservation group in Cyprus said Wednesday that police have been lax in cracking down on criminal gangs that illegally trap migratory songbirds to supply ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus -- A conservation group in Cyprus said Wednesday that police have been lax in cracking down on criminal gangs that illegally trap migratory songbirds to supply restaurants, although ...

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Trappers in Cyprus have killed hundreds of thousands of migratory birds this season to be served up as delicacies in restaurants, conservation groups said on Wednesday. At least ...

(AP) It’s just before first light and the bird-catcher strings nets among the orange, pomegranate, fig and carob trees in his orchard. The sound of chirping emanates from inside a massive carob a ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Illegal trappers on Cyprus killed more than half a million protected birds this fall for sale at local restaurants, conservationists said yesterday. It was the worst massacre in ...

PYLA RANGE, Cyprus (Reuters Life!) - A single talon ripped out of a bird is testament to an annual bloodbath in Cyprus, where songbirds are caught in their thousands to end up as expensive delicacies ...

NICOSIA (Reuters) - More than 1.1 million songbirds prized as culinary delicacies were illegally slaughtered by trappers in Cyprus in the past year, a conservation group said Tuesday. Cyprus lies on a ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A conservation group in Cyprus says police have been lax in cracking down on criminal gangs that illegally trap songbirds to supply restaurants. A spokesperson for the ...