Migratory Bird Protection Projects | Foundation Pro Biodiversity

The Stiftung Pro Artenvielfalt is actively involved in bird protection camps and hotspots of illegal bird slaughter in the EU member states of the Republic of Cyprus and the Republic of Italy, in the latter, the Sardinia and Sicily regions in particular. The illegal bird poaching and unlawful hunting methods are gruesome and cruel to the birds. Such methods violate the EU bird protection directive of 1979, which strictly prohibits unselective bird trapping and killing practices throughout all EU- member states, and the shooting and trapping of strictly protected bird species for keeping them in cages and aviaries!

A dead Chaffinch in a stone crush trap
© Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS)

On the islands of Cyprus, Sardinia and Sicily alone, up to 2 million migratory birds die annually - mostly songbirds such as Song and Mistle Thrush, Blackcap, Nightingale, Flycatchers, Willow Warbler, Goldfinch, European Robin and up to 40 other bird species.

The most widely-practised illegal trapping methods are listed here:

electronic bird callers
finely woven nylon mist nets
sticky limesticks
tree and ground snare traps
stone crush traps
snap net ground traps

The Stiftung Pro Artenvielfalt is committed to combating bird slaughter with a diverse range of activities:

Co-financing of and operational cooperation in the international bird protection camps of the Committee against Bird Slaughter (CABS) on Cyprus and Sardinia
Our own migratory bird protection camps along the southern and south-eastern coast of Sicily
Operational cooperation and co-financing of the annual “bird of prey” protection camps in the Sicilian mountain regions.
Provision of information work to EU/national authorities concerning grievances in the consistent implementation of the EU Birds Directive in member states in Southern Europe
A high-profile media campaign „STOP Bird Slaughter“ in Germany and Switzerland with protest postcard mailings to the EU Commissioner responsible for nature protection

Our Bird Protection Camps

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Sardinia Southern Sardinia
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Sicily South-East Sicily
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Cyprus Republic of Cyprus
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Bird migration route
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Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) & SPA

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The word/image trademark "VogelschutzCamp" (Bird Protection Camp) is registered as a trademark with the German Patent and Trademark Office for the Stiftung Pro Artenvielfalt.

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Breeding bird surveys at our species conservation towers yield both positive and negative results …

Every year, the Frankfurt Swift Clinic rescues hundreds of Swifts from severe distress