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The Game Fund Service, the organisation which
is the main weapon against illegal trapping and hunting, do a very good job but have limited resources. They are answerable
to the Minister for the Interior, Mr Andreas
Panayiotou who appears to be giving them more freedom of action than his predecessor. The Heaad of the Game Fund
Service is Mr Pantelis Hadjiyerou.
Recently they have stepped up their campaign against illegal hunting and trapping of songbirds - Ambelopoulia
- by raiding restaurants where the birds are sold and consumed. For a report on this see proactupdates . A record of other operations is conained in a previous reply to Proact at Responses from Cyprus .
Many Proact supporters called for an opportunity to "...send heartfelt congratulations and support.." for
the Game Fund Service's actions. Here is an opportunity for you to do so - either using the text provided or composing a mail
in your own words.
MAIL TO MR PANTELIS HADJIYEROU
DRAFT TEXT - PLEASE MODIFY
IN YOUR OWN WORDS OR LANGUAGE!
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KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
To:
Mr Pantelis Hadjiyerou,
Head of the Game Fund Service,
Dear Mr Hadjiyerou,
As bird and nature lovers, who take particular interest in environmental protection and conservation
developments in Cyprus, we would like to congratulate you and your
colleagues on your continuing efforts to prevent illegal hunting and trapping. Your most recent actions have received wide
exposure; not only in Cyprus but throughout Europe and beyond. We are aware that this is just
the most public confirmation of the scope of your operations; your successes in the past, including joint activities with
the British Sovereign Base Authorities, have also been taken note of and are appreciated in many quarters.
The latest series of raids against restaurants, where the illegal sale and consumption of
'ambelopoulia' take place, is a bold but necessary escalation in this important campaign. This initiative is most welcome
and an appropriate signal of your acknowledgement of the importance of the European Union's Bird Directives in advance your
country's accession in 2004.
We wish you and your organisation every success in your continuing campaign,
Yours sincerely,
< Name and Address >
ADDRESS IN FULL:
Mr Pantelis Hadjiyerou,
Head of the Game Fund Service,
Ministry of Interior,
Dem.Severis Ave.,
1453 Lefkosia (Nicosia),
Cyprus
e-mail:wildlife.thira@cytanet.com.cy
If you send an email separately, please copy it to:
This helps us, at Proact and on Cyprus, to monitor the scope of the campaign and increase our effectiveness in future.
Thank you,
David Conlin
Proact Coord
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