Place hundreds of bird traps around Cagliari: poacher in trouble
The man had placed snares to catch song thrushes. In the freezer dozens of dead specimens ready to be soldOne of the traps set by the poacher (Photo Cabs Facebook)
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Identified a poacher who placed illegal traps around Cagliari, to capture thrushes and other birds.
The discovery was made by the Cabs, the anti-poaching volunteers . Then the intervention of the police for the appropriate measures.
«The traps – explains the association on Facebook – consisted of small snares that are placed on the branches of the trees or on the ground and triggered with juniper and strawberry tree berries . In an active site discovered by our activists, the local authorities caught the poacher red-handed: the man had set over 300 traps and had just captured 2 song thrushes».
"For a thrush recently ended up in a noose - continues the association - we arrived in time: we managed to save it and free it".
During the search of the poacher's home , 48 other dead song thrushes and a blackbird were found in the freezer, probably destined for sale on the black market .
(Unioneonline/lf)