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were found, having been attracted by means of illegal equipment and killed by poachers.
The Corncrake is a globally threatened species, protected by the European Birds Directive. There are currently many projects targeting its conservation in countries in the North and West of Europe, nearly all of them involving BirdLife Partners.
Corncrake, from the surfbirds galleries ?? Steven Round
Game wardens on the island in the municipality of Ayiasos were first to discover the incident on September 22th 2007. The finding was later confirmed by the President of the Hunting Association of Archipelagos.
Mr. Kostas Papakonstantinou, member of the Hellenic Ornithological Society (BirdLife in Greece) states that: "most worrying is that, based on many testimonies that were made public recently, this incident is just the tip of the iceberg and Corncrake poaching in central and southern Lesvos is a very frequent phenomenon." |
