Griechenland – 02. 05. 2025

Oriole shooter caught in Zakynthos.

02.05.2025

This morning, our teams caught another hunter shooting protected migratory birds during closed season. The lack of Turtle doves doesn't stop many hunters from targeting golden orioles on the Greek holiday island of Zakynthos. Our teams were attracted to the area of Danato (south of the island) by the significant amount of gun shots and spotted the hunter with the shotgun. When the police arrived with our volunteers, the man had left the area, but also had left behind his loaded shotgun, decoy caller and the five freshly shot birds. Everything was seized and the police have identified and summoned the poacher. Despite illegal hunting being very low in recent days, our teams will continue monitoring the situation until the end of the migration season.