European Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia turtur)

Turtle Dove bag limit reduced in Morocco

European Turtle Dove / Tourterelle des bois (Streptopelia turtur), southern Algeria, June 2019 (Djamel Hadj Aissa).

For the first time in nearly four decades, Morocco has reduced the daily bag limit for European Turtle Dove, marking a small yet significant change in the hunting management of the species. Pour la première fois en près de quatre décennies, le Maroc a réduit le quota quotidien de prélèvement de la Tourterelle des bois, […]

Turtle Dove slaughter in Morocco by foreign hunters (video)

4 September 2019 / Birds of Morocco, Conservation News

Turtle Dove slaughter in Marrakech region by foreign hunters. Those same hunters appeared in the video and other photos not shown here.

A massacre of nearly 1500 Turtle Doves in one day by foreign tourist hunters in the Marrakech region sparked great outrage in Morocco. The total exceeded by three times the hunting quota set by the law, according to an official inquiry. A hunting party organized in the region of Marrakech has turned into a real

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