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A Meadow Pipit is one of several songbirds that is illegally targeted © David Tyler / CC Generic 2.0

Wild birds for food

A Meadow Pipit is one of several songbirds that is illegally targeted © David Tyler / CC Generic 2.0

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Published 14 November 2008

Illegal trade in wild birds highlighted at EU wildlife trade meeting

Brussels, Belgium, 14 November 2008—The illegal hunting of European wild birds for food in the European Union was raised during COM45, a meeting of EU government agencies involved in regulating wildlife trade in the region. 

The illegal trade in wild birds for food through South-east and Central Europe

Report author(s):
TRAFFIC, WWF , Netherlands Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality

Publication date:
November 2008


Notes:

* Ecomessage is Interpol’s reporting system that systematically accepts environmental crime data and enters the figures into a computerized data collection facility at the General Secretariat.

* EU-TWIX: the European Union Wildlife Information eXchange database that includes an internal mailing list and a seizure database available for enforcement officers only.