EU Commission gives green light to reopen hunting season for Turtle-dove

c/europe · u/solo@slrpnk.net · 27 points

The European Commission has announced EU countries may re-open the hunting season for the European Turtle-dove (Streptopelia turtur) in parts of Western Europe if they choose to do so. The reopening follows a three-year hunting pause despite the species’ ongoing decline and weak enforcement of hunting law

Hunting of iconic species paused since autumn 2021 will continue pushing species to brink

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u/loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works · 3 points

I'd heard about them only in Ella Fidgerald's song "Lullaby in Birdland", but for some reason I never looked them up.

u/cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 points

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u/Zoop@beehaw.org · 7 points

God, I hate people.

u/lnxtx@feddit.nl · 7 points

Splendid dove! Never heard about them.

According to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species population is *decreasing*.

u/Drusas@fedia.io · 2 points

Why would people even want to hunt doves? They're tiny--not exactly much of a food source. And their plumage is unremarkable.