CABS has said in a statement that its Bird Guards and the Gozo Police have dismantled two large illegal trapping sites near Sarraflu and Sannat, Gozo.

Ir said that three sets of clap nets, a live sandpiper as well as several plastic decoys for protected bird species were seized during the operation earlier this week

According to CABS one trapper has been filmed red-handed when he was actively trapping waders with a live decoy and an illegal bird caller imitating protected Greenshanks.

CABS said that the video footage “clearly shows the face of the man and was passed on to the Gozo police as evidence.”

“Since the start of its anti-wader trapping operations in July a total of 26 active trapping sites have been reported to the police,” CABS concluded.

Photos by CABS: An injured Green Sandpiper seized by the Police – Police officers removing an illegal clap net near Sannat – The trapping site in Sannat with clap net and 6 artificial decoys, and Police officers removing a clap net in Sarraflu.

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