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Zypern – 02. 12. 2024

Aggressive bird trapper convicted in Cyprus

02.12.2024

A Cypriot poacher has been handed a suspended sentence by a British court in Cyprus (Court of the Sovereign Base Area of Akrotiri and Dhekelia) for illegal bird trapping, death threats as well as severely damaging a vehicle. In autumn 2023, A CABS-team reported an active trapping site inside the British military base of Dhekelia, where the accused had set up seven huge mist-nets and caught more than 230  songbirds in just one night. He was sentenced to two months' suspended imprisonment for 3 years for poaching, threatening behaviour and vandalism; and ordered to pay 900 euros in compensation for threatening behaviour and criminal damage. The court also ordered the confiscation of an off-road vehicle costing around 11,000 € which had been used by the defendant to commit the offences.