NEWS 2009

Note: The contents in words and pictures of this article are based on the facts when it was first published (22.10.2009). VGT points out explicitly, that these facts, like the state of law, business conducts, the situation in livestock husbandry, etc. can have changed.

Vienna, 22nd October 2009

Song Bird Trappers Reported to Police

Since the trapping and exhibiting of wild song birds has been outlawed in Austria animal advocates have taken it upon themselves to check song bird areas in the mountains and report any illegal trappers to the police.

Just recently two trappers were discovered and reported.

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More about "Trapping Song Birds"

A Great Tit is caught here in one of the many traps. Great Tits are a protected species

The trap with the Great Tit in it was in a tree with a metal hinged joint. After a long ordeal the bird was freed

Artificial nature: these pretend branches look safe to land on, but the sides of the trap spring up as soon as a bird sets down

Trappers use other birds to bait the wild song birds

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