News about poaching: events, facts and developments on tafs uz.
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In the Surkhandarya region of Uzbekistan, during an inspection raid by ecologists, parts of the carcass of a Tien Shan brown bear listed in the Red Book and three wild boars were seized from poachers, along with weapons and ammunition. The damage was estimated at 679.8 million soums, and a criminal case has been opened.
Sevara AzamovaEvery autumn, more than a million birds of prey fly through the 'Batumi bottleneck' on Georgia's Black Sea coast, where the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains form a migration corridor. According to a 2013 study, around 9,000 birds die each year from illegal hunting. Volunteers of Batumi Raptor Count have been counting since 2008, while ecotourism gives local residents an economic incentive to protect the birds.
Madina Usmonova
