Spanien – 17. 11. 2025

Spain: CABS and Civil Guardia Civil catch 16 poachers!

17.11.2025

The trapping season is also coming to an end in the western Mediterranean, and our bird protection camp in eastern Spain is now complete. Since the end of October, our teams have been working every night in the coastal plain between Valencia and the Ebro Delta. Together with officers from the Guardia Civil, they have apprehended 16 poachers at 12 trapping sites. The men had been using parany – elaborate trapping devices made from sticky rods cut from giant carob trees. The police officers seized a total of 2,000 sticky rods, 12 set nets and 30 small beat nets. Our Spain team is not heading home now, but to Andalusia, where we will be searching for nets and beat traps.

Read more about our campaigns and operations in Spain here.