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The tourist country Cyprus

Cyprus has many magnificent tourist attractions like the great Kalavasos-Tenta, Kato Paphos Archaeological Park, Fig Tree Bay, St. Hilarion Castle, Kourion, the Sea Caves of Ayia Napa, the Church of Profitis Elias, Ayios Lazarus, Konnos Bay, Ayios Neophytos Monastery, Bellapais Monastery, Nissi Beach, Paphos, Limassol, Nicosia, Larnaca, Paphos and Platres.

Cyprus has also many secrets that very few tourists know about. Before you decide to visit Cyprus as a tourist, please take a moment to find out whether this is a country whose economy and values you want to support. They way innocent and defenseless beings are treated tells a lot about a society. These news stories give you some information on how animals are treated in Cyprus.

Please note that many of the images in the articles are very graphic.


NEWS FROM CYPRUS


9 March 2015, The Herald
Record numbers of illegally trapped birds in Cyprus – an estimated 900,000 birds poached in the autumn of 2014 at Dhekelia alone, a UK sovereign base area. Songbirds are trapped with extremely cruel methods like nets and lime-sticks, and they are slaughtered for the Cypriot delicacy ambelopoulia.
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30 December 2014, Petapixel
The stray dog situation in Cyprus is very bad, and cruelty to animals is common. In Cyprus people frequently abandon pets, and homeless animals are often beaten and tortured for for amusement.
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12 July 2014, The Daily Mail
The hotel staff of the four-star Anastasia Beach Hotel (part of Tsokkos Group) in Protaras, Cyprus, threw a seven-month-old stray puppy in a waste crusher. The puppy was found by tourists lying at the bottom of the bin with horrific injuries including a broken back and brain damage. The puppy died a few days later.
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17 October 2013, Cyprus Mail
Especially during the economic crisis, people abandon their animals in the streets, causing an overpopulation of stray animals. Many areas in Cyprus are full with homeless cats and dogs, and they are often poisoned or mistreated. The animal welfare laws in Cyprus are typically not enforced.
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6 July 2010, The New Yorker
In the Mediterranean in countries like Cyprus, Malta and Italy, Spain and France, migratory songbirds are illegaly killed or trapped with cruel mehtods like limesticks, mist nets, stone traps and wire traps. The numbers of killed birds is huge – according to Birdlife Cyprus, an estimated 1.5 million birds were killed during Autumn 2013 in Cyprus alone.
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