> "The ibis, however, remains susceptible to an ancient practice out of its control. During one of her migrations last year, Goja was shot and killed by hunters in Tuscany. Fritz’s team estimates that as many as 49 of the 102 ibises they have led to Tuscany have been killed by illegal hunters. The new European Commission grant includes money for an anti-hunting campaign, focused on ending illegal hunting in Europe."
Seems to me they were better off not migrating and stopped for a good reason (they're also critically endangered). I don't think throwing money at the problem is going to change those people's bad habits either.
Some Europeans have a bad habit of illegally shooting migrating birds[1] and others have a weird notion of wanting to pay good money to eat them[1], despite the bad taste. No idea if the ibis is suffering from this same practice or was just killed for someone's enjoyment.
Seems to me they were better off not migrating and stopped for a good reason (they're also critically endangered). I don't think throwing money at the problem is going to change those people's bad habits either.
Some Europeans have a bad habit of illegally shooting migrating birds[1] and others have a weird notion of wanting to pay good money to eat them[1], despite the bad taste. No idea if the ibis is suffering from this same practice or was just killed for someone's enjoyment.
[1] http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/07/songbird-migration...