Poisoning, illegal trapping and shooting - raptor persecution peaks after 16 years
26.10.2021.
MME Birdlife Hungary expects zero tolerance and more efficient crime prevention against offenders committing bird crime.
The appellate court confirmed the judgement for the bird poisoner
12.10.2021.
The appellate court in České Budějovice confirmed the judgement for the bird poisoner, who killed two White-tailed eagles and two ravens near Mečichov in the Strakonice region in March 2019. The man was given suspended sentence - 2,5 years of imprisonment with a delay of 3,5 years.
Laboratory results from the poisoning case near Tura published
2021.09.30.
A dose that could kill 158 adult human or 158 thousand marsh harriers was measured in the poisonous baits which were collected in the last weeks from the hunting territory near Tura.
The number of victims of illegal poisoning at Tura keeps rising totalling over 6,5 million forints!
14.09.2021.
The search for carcasses and poisoned baits has been under way with the help of civilians and national park employees, detection-dog units, and volunteers for four weeks now, however, the list is feared to be still incomplete.
The most serious poisoning case of Hungary has been discovered
2021.08.16.
More than a hundred poisoned baits and more than 50 poisoned animal carcasses have been found in the past few days in the jurisdiction of a hunting association near Tura, Hungary. 96% of the carcasses were protected birds. Investigation is ongoing.
The dog unit can help assess the natural damage caused by mowing
02.08.2021.
The poison and carcass detection dog unit of BirdLife Hungary has already proved its efficiency in the search for poisoned wild animals in the last seven years. However, the unit can also be deployed successfully for other conservation issues; for example detecting unintentional conservation damage by locating the carcasses of protected animals killed during agricultural mowing.
Imperial Eagle ringed in Hungary was spotted in Finland.
28.07.202.
An Imperial Eagle that had been ringed in Hungary, was spotted in Finland. .
For the first time ever, two Eastern Imperial Eagle chicks tagged with satellite transmitters in Serbia
06.07.2021.
Mima and Mihajlo, the Eastern Imperial Eagle chicks from Serbia will be monitored for the first time with the help of satellite transmitters, the technology that will enable ornithologists from the Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia to monitor the movement of the birds in real time, which can ensure the survival of this species.
Will it be a world record?
07.06.2021.
BirdLife Hungary and the National Park Directorates have been checking all known Imperial Eagle nests in the past three weeks. 137 eagle chicks were ringed, and three chicks got satellite transmitters.
Falco, the first poison and carcass detection dog in Central-Europe, retires
31.05.2021.
BirdLife Hungary created a poison and carcass detection dog unit (PCDD) in 2013, that has been playing a significant role in the fight against raptor poisoning ever since. Falco, the cornerstone of the unit is now retiring, after seven exceptionally successful years.