{"id":994,"date":"2017-03-21T17:13:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T17:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/?p=994"},"modified":"2017-03-21T17:13:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T17:13:21","slug":"800000-song-birds-illegally-trapped-killed-british-military-base-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/800000-song-birds-illegally-trapped-killed-british-military-base-cyprus\/","title":{"rendered":"800,000 song birds illegally trapped and killed on a British military base in Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Catherine Bearder,\u00a0 the Chair of the MEPs For Wildlife Group, has written a letter to Michael Fallon MP, the Secretary of State for Defence regarding the killing of songbirds on a British military base in Cyprus.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over 800,000 songbirds were illegally trapped and killed last Autumn according to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.<\/p>\n<p>These creatures are being killed by illicit criminal gangs who profit from selling these birds on the black market.<\/p>\n<p>Please see the letter that was sent to Mr Fallon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catherine Bearder,\u00a0 the Chair of the MEPs For Wildlife Group, has written a letter to Michael Fallon MP, the Secretary of State for Defence regarding the killing of songbirds on a British military base in Cyprus. 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