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
Why would people even want to hunt doves? They’re tiny–not exactly much of a food source. And their plumage is unremarkable.
God, I hate people.
Splendid dove! Never heard about them.
According to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species population is decreasing.
I’d heard about them only in Ella Fidgerald’s song “Lullaby in Birdland”, but for some reason I never looked them up.
