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Saturday, March 21, 2009

Nesting Eagle Killed in Portugal, Another Brilliant Move

I come from a Portuguese family and I have no problem dumping on the Portuguese.

This makes me angry. It has nothing to do with poverty, just stupidity.

March 2009. Portuguese environmental groups - including SOS Lynx, A Nossa Terra and Almargem - have denounced the deliberate shooting of the country's only nesting male Iberian Imperial Eagle. The shooting occurred sometime between 21 and 23 February in the Vale do Guadiana Natural Park, close to the country's south-eastern border with Spain...

Miguel Rodrigues, spokesperson for SOS Lynx, stated: "Irrational attitudes constitute one of the main barriers to predator conservation in Spain and Portugal. If predator persecution cannot be adequately controlled, the future recovery of many important predator species will be in doubt".


Irrational attitudes? That's a diplomatic way of saying that it's ignorance, pure and simple.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ana,

What a waste!

I don't blame you for being angry. The only nesting one - a great pity.

This kind of behavior should not be considered acceptable under any circumstances.

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