Hunting

Albanian is preparing to impose a new ban on shooting of animals and birds for another five years.

The Ministry of Environment told BIRN that the new draft law is on its way and is expected to pass parliament in July and take effect early in the autumn.

Two U.S. citizens, who spent some $20,000 for wild goat hunt in Turkey's Black Sea province of Artvin, returned back to their country empty-handed as they were unsuccessful in a 10-day hunt.

Hunters bragging about killing wild rabbits in snowy parts of Albania have become a hit on social media in the last days of December and the first days of 2016.

None of these hunters can be unaware of the fact that their shoots are totally illegal.

All hunting in Albania was banned for two years in 2014 and the moratorium does not run out until March.

The walls of the ?eytan Deresi Canyon in Mersin are home to some of the most unique reliefs in the world, but a lack of formal protection has resulted in treasure hunters damaging the artwork despite the lack of any valuables in the area.

About 100 gunmen kidnapped at least 26 Qataris from their hunting camp in a sprawling desert area near the Saudi borders in the early hours of Dec. 16, the regional governor and police officials said. 

Two police officers in Samawa confirmed the kidnappings and said security forces launched a wide-scale search for the Qataris. 

A historical hunting lodge built in Kars' Sar?kam?? district during the Russian occupation will be restored and serve as a hotelA hunting lodge built by Czar Nicholas II of Russia in the eastern province of Kars during the Russian occupation era will be restored and reopened to serve as a hotel. 

Bulgarian border police has instructed hunters on the actions they should take in case they stumble across refugees.

This was stated by Venko Kalinchev, the secretary of the hunting and fishing association Elen (Deer) based in the town of Kyustendil, in an interview for Darik radio on Thursday.

Activists have taken action to save bears from a tender initiated by the state for the hunting of bears in four Turkish provinces. 

Ministry of Forestry and Waterworks has enumerated bears after rising bear attacks last year in Artvin, Kastamonu, Sinop and Giresun. 

A three-year-old boy has driven a car over his one-year-old cousin, inflicting deadly injuries to the baby, media in Slovenia are reporting.

The incident happened as the children's parents were picking mushrooms in a nearby wood, close to the village of Brstovec.

Another US trophy hunter is suspected of killing a lion in Zimbabwe without a permit, authorities in Harare said on August 2, days after the killing of Cecil the lion by an American dentist caused global outrage.