France suspends 'cruel and odious' practice of glue trapping birds after warning
France has suspended the use of glue traps in hunting birds until the end of this year, stopping short of a ban on the controversial practice which conservationists say is "cruel and odious".
Hunters in France are given a quota of how many birds can be killed using glue traps, which president Emmanuel Macron announced yesterday had been set to zero for this year, compared with 42,000 in 2019.
Conservationists have long rallied against the practice, which has been banned for years under European Union regulations.
In July, the European Commission gave France three months to consider its position on glue trapping, or risk a case being brought before the European Court of Justice.
France is the only country to still permit the use of glue trapping, which the European Commission said does not comply with the 2009 Birds Directive aimed at protecting the more than 500 wild bird species found in the EU.
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