IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION OF EU BIRD PROTECTION GUIDELINES IN ROMANIA

CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION OF EU BIRD PROTECTION GUIDELINES IN ROMANIA

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Slaughter of endangered bird species in Romania

The escalating hunting of migrating birds, especially by foreign hunters, the widespread shooting of song birds with automatic weapons and using of electronic decoy devices, has made Romania into a death trap for European migrants.

The state earns enormous amounts of foreign currency, amounting to millions of Euro, from well-heeled foreign hunters mostly from Italy and Germany. This shameful trade affects highly endangered birds such as the Ruff (Philomachus pugnax). Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) and the Skylark (Alauda arvensis).

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WHAT YOU CAN DO

Join the protest against this auctioning of Europe’s birds to the highest bidder and send a protest mail to Romania’s President Basescu. Demand that he use his office to ensure that Romania fully implement the EU bird protection guidelines before it accedes to the EU in 2007 and ends the sale of hunting licences to foreigners(email link and text below):

MAIL TO PRESIDENT BASESCU

To: procetatean@presidency.ro

cc: stavros.dimas@cec.eu.int

bcc: info@proact-campaigns.net

Subject:
Opreste vânatoarea la pasari migratoare în România - stop hunting of migrant birds in Romania

To:
The President of Romania
His Excellency Traian Basescu

Stimate domnule Basescu,

În ciuda obligatiei României de a îndeplini în întregime directivele Uniunii Europene în ceea ce priveste protectia pasarilor pâna la data aderarii, guvernul dumneavoastra autorizeaza înca vânatoarea speciilor pe cale de disparitie, a pasarilor migratoare primavara si utilizarea armelor cu foc automat la vânatoarea de pasari. Pe deasupra, cred ca statul român, prin vânzarea licentelor de vânatoare pentru pasari cântatoare si migratoare catre vânatori straini, participa direct la aceste crime crude împotriva pasarilor. Va cer asadar, sa puneti în aplicare prevederile directivelor privind protectia pasarilor în întregime acum, înainte de aderarea la Uniunea Europeana.

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Dear President Basescu,

Despite Romania's pledge to implement the EU bird protection guidelines before its accession to the European Union, your government still authorises the shooting of endangered species, the hunting of returning migrants in spring as well as the use of automatic weapons for bird hunting. Even more scandalous is the fact that the Romanian government is directly involved in the marketing of this gruesome bird slaughter through its sale of hunting licences to foreign hunters permitting them to kill song and migrant birds.

I therefore demand that you use your office to ensure the full implementation of the bird protection guidelines NOW - before your country's accession to the European Union.


Yours faithfully,

(Name and address)

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