Turtle doves to be shot for sport again across Europe as EU lifts hunting ban

Turtle doves will be allowed to be shot for sport again across Europe, as the EU lifts a ban on hunting that was credited with the species’ tentative recovery. The EU will allow hunters to shoot 132,000 birds across Spain, France and Italy after the threatened bird enjoyed a population boom in western Europe because of a hunting ban that came into effect in 2021. The gentle pigeon species, which mate for life with their partners, is on the brink of extinction in the UK, where it is the fastest declining bird species. Globally the bird is classed as vulnerable

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