New scientific report reveals: “25 million birds illegally slaughtered in the Mediterranean every year”
Unlawfully shot, trapped or glued: tens of millions of birds are being killed illegally each year across the Mediterranean, according to the first scientific review of its kind to be carried out in the region by BirdLife International.
BirdLife and Partners have uncovered the shocking extent to which a number of birds are being illegally killed, putting together a list of the ten countries with the highest estimated annual death toll.
Read details in a press release from Birdlife International at http://www.birdlife.org/sites/default/files/attachments/birdlife_europe_press_release_21.08.15.pdf
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