The European Commission has announced EU countries may re-open the hunting season for the European Turtle-dove (Streptopelia turtur) in parts of Western Europe if they choose to do so. The reopening follows a three-year hunting pause despite the species’ ongoing decline and weak enforcement of hunting law
Hunting of iconic species paused since autumn 2021 will continue pushing species to brink
I’d heard about them only in Ella Fidgerald’s song “Lullaby in Birdland”, but for some reason I never looked them up.