For every bird that becomes a pampered internet star, countless others are snatched from the wild to feed the illegal global ...

TAMPA, Fla. (TND) — A federal jury convicted a Florida man of three counts of trafficking migratory birds. Ernesto Gonzalez Campos is actually the sixth conviction in “Operation Ornery Birds II,” a ...

It's a controversial practice and some say it's barbaric. Now a French group for the protection of birds has said that the hunting of birds by glue-trapping hurts the country's biodiversity. They add ...

The BBC catches a man trapping songbirds - selling them is a profitable business because many keep them as pets.

Q: What sort of netting can I use on a cherry tree that will prevent birds from eating the cherries, and also doesn't snag birds? Also, will ground squirrels chew up the netting? A: Your concerns ...

GENESEO, N.D. - A North Dakota man is charged in federal court with illegally trapping migratory birds. Jesse James Mertins, of Geneseo, N.D., placed traps at the top of wooden poles that surrounded a ...

A few days ago a post on the Pennsylvania birding list serve caught my eye. It read: Late this afternoon I decided to take one last walk down to the creek at the back of the yard. There I spotted a ...

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 22 (UPI) --Florida has cracked down on the trapping of songbirds -- which has been outlawed since the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 -- by making it illegal to possess traps for ...

DHEKELIA, Cyprus – Authorities at British military bases in Cyprus say a yearlong crackdown on illegal bird poaching has resulted in a "huge" drop in the number of poachers operating inside the bases' ...

PYLA RANGE, Cyprus (Reuters Life!) - A single talon ripped out of a bird is testament to an annual bloodbath in Cyprus, where songbirds are caught in their thousands to end up as expensive delicacies ...

A Howard, South Dakota man has to pay more than $13,000 for trapping and killing migratory birds. 63-year-old Armand Joseph Dornbusch pleaded guilty last month to the charges against him. Back in ...