Messina. (Straits of Messina, migratory route for birds of prey)

National Review | July 18, 1986 | Copyright

MESSINA The environmental movement has aroused predictable opposition in a country where the right to shoot wild birds and animals is a prized symbol of virility, as well as a source of food. Someone's temper rose to the point of fire-bombing the car of a female delegate to a bird-protection conference here in May. The Straits of Messina between Italy and Sicily are a well-know migratory route, especially for birds of prey, and these raptors are special objects of the hunter's urge even though they cannot be eaten. Though birds of prey are officially protected, hundreds of ...

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