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Springtime goose hunting does not solve the problems of farmers

Position of the Estonian Ornithological Society
Photo by Arne Ader
Estonian text posted in Looduskalender 08.01.2019

 

Hallhaned

Grey geese

 

At the end of the year, the Ministry of the Environment announced that it would support hunting of migratory geese to prevent damage to farmers. The Estonian Ornithological Society's Bird Protection Commission continues to believe that hunting geese on their spring migration is unethical and does not solve the problem more effectively than using non-lethal deterrence methods.

VIDEO: Quiet munching goes on

Video recorded by Fleur, LK forum

English translation Liis
Estonian text posted 28.12.2018

 

Bachelors’ club

 

 

 

Red Deer    Punahirv       Cervus elaphus

 

Let us look back in time . To the deer enclosures of Estonian manors animals were brought from Europe already in the second half of the 19th century. In the troubled times of World War I the deer enclosures disappeared.

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