BIRDER CONTROL: Two Seized As Police Free 300 Trapped Wild Birds

Police officer releasing a bird from a net in Valencia, Spain, undated. Police found  more than 270 birds, most of them protected species, that were illegally captured and released them. 
 Note: Police photo. (Newsflash) Police officer releasing a bird from a net in Valencia, Spain, undated. Police found more than 270 birds, most of them protected species, that were illegally captured and released them. Note: Police photo. (Newsflash)
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06 September 2022
Spain's Civil Guard has seized two poachers using illegal traps to capture hundreds of live birds to be eaten or sold off in tiny cages. Trapping birds - seen as a tradition in the east and south of Spain - is carried out on an industrial scale with horrific snares like limesticks and mist nets...