Shooters In Cyprus Kill 46 Endangered Red-Footed Falcons - AFP

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Gunmen in Cyprus have killed 46 threatened red-footed migrating falcons simply for target practice, bird conservation officials on the Mediterranean island charged on Tuesday.

Birdlife Cyprus manager Martin Hellicar said farmers on Friday found the pellet-riddled birds lying in a tight cluster on a citrus farm west of the coastal resort of Limassol. Another six birds were found shot but still clinging on to life.

Hellicar said exacerbating the killings was the fact that the red-footed falcon was recently upgraded from "vulnerable" to "globally near-threatened". "Globally near-threatened is as bad as it gets, which makes this one of the worst cases of illegal bird killings ever reported in Europe," Hellicar told AFP.

He said the shooters appeared to be practiced marskmen as only 52 spent cartridges were found in the area. The recovered cartridges were of the skeet type used in clay pigeon shooting competitions.

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[DS1]

1. I'm speechless

[TomInTib]

5. I'm not. People such as those should be shot on sight.

We were seeing evidence of deer poaching on our place in Texas and simply put out the word that any strangers on our land would be shot and we meant shoot to kill. We even put up signs saying same. Sheriff came out and told us we could be up on murder charges if we followed through. I told him that he was assuming there would be bodies or witnesses.

And that was the end of that shit.

These fuckers that wantonly kill endangered species deserve no mercy whatsoever.

[DS1]

7. well

I did think that they shotguns should be shoved up there asses halfway and then the triggers pulled

but at first decided to keep it to myself

[TomInTib]

8. There ya go.

You and me, DS1.

[phantom power]

2. would it be wrong to shoot these people in the face?

[driver8]

4. At this moment I would say, "No."

[TomInTib]

6. You could look at it two ways.

Would it be wrong?

No

or

Hell, no


See my reply up-thread. I have no patience with this sort of thing.

[driver8]

3. Jesus...this is very sad.

Fucking assholes.

[XemaSab]

9. I don't understand how Europe can be so far-sighted in some areas and so shitty in others

(I know Cyprus is not part of Europe, but they do the same thing in Spain, Greece, and Italy too. :( )

[Nihil]

10. Simply because it has the same species in charge.

The mix may be different between progressive & shitheaded but it is still
a mixture and so the dumb, murderous swine still exist in the population ...
and still do shit like this ...

:(