Rare and beautiful birds - including the national bird of Britain (Robin) - are being illegally shot dead for fun or trapped before being plucked, skinned and eaten - or simply discarded.
Across southern Europe and North Africa birds are dying at rates that are driving endangered species to the brink of extinction.

In Egypt an estimated 5.7 million birds are killed illegally each year, making this country the most dangerous place for migratory birds in the Mediterranean.
Indiscriminate hunting has become commonplace with a large number of migratory species caught as illegal incidental catches during legal trapping of quail.
House sparrow, common coot, red-backed shrike and Eurasian golden oriole are illegally killed in large numbers.

In ITALY an estimated 5.6 million birds are killed illegally each year. In the Brescia Alps, birds are trapped in tension snares, where many die of thirst or exhaustion.

This needs to stop before already declining birds species are lost forever.