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obins and other birds, as well as cages of varioussizes for trapping animals.The volunteers have also located a thousand metresof nets, containing countless dead birds, all strangled.Several decoy birds were also found, imprisonedin small, filthy cages, and these have been set free.In some cases the traps and nets were set out inplain view, near to chicken coops, vegetable patches,gardens, and woods sheltered by mountain passes.The agents were helped in their work both bydetailed information volunteered by legal hunters,worried that their dogs would be caught in thepoachers’ nets, and by horrified tourists, whostumbled upon dying robins, caught in row upon rowof snares.THE BLACKBEARD VULTURE,THE GOLDEN EAGLE AND POISONby Simona ImperioPersecuted for Centuries, the Lammergeierreturns to the Alps.It deserves the reintroduction project, which hashad particular success in the Stelvio Park, watchedover by LIPU activists. A success story? It’s a bit earlyto say - and watch out for poison pellets.Ali Spring 12Page 8