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Hikers encountered bird hunters, did not give up and released them
Two instructors in field schools in Gush Etzion, went for a walk in the area and came across finch hunters.
They confronted them and released the birds, even though they were cursed.
"We decided not to leave the birds in the cages," they say
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Ziv Reinstein
Tuesday, 24 November 2020, 09:31
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Hunting finches in Gush Etzion (Photo: Yotam Bashan, The Society for the Protection of Nature)
While the green bodies are fighting the terrible hunt (which of course has a permit from the government) in the territories of Little Israel, the territories of Judea and Samaria, right under the noses of us all, there is massive bird hunting throughout the year, but especially in the transition seasons.
Last Friday morning, Ohad Binyamini, an instructor at Sde Ofra School, and Yotam Bashan, an instructor at Sde Kfar Etzion School, went out to honk in the area of the Knob ridge, southeast of Gush Etzion.
"On the way back we passed bird hunters, who were sitting a few meters from the road leading to the riverbed and up laden without any fear," says Bashan.
"We filmed and reported to the regional RTG inspector, and with most of our 'cheekiness' we also decided not to leave the birds in the cages.
"A fan came out and brought the cages to the car, while the hunters stand to the side, curse us and make calls to friends who will come to help and I photograph everything from the side."
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The pair of guides approached the cages and simply released the finches (Photo: Yotam Bashan, Society for the Protection of Nature)
Bowls of water that hunters fill so that the birds can drink from them.
At the top is a wire and a net that the hunters close on as soon as they drink (Photo: Yotam Bashan, The Society for the Protection of Nature)
The finches in cages, near the Palestinian vehicles in Gush Etzion (Photo: Yotam Bashan, The Society for the Protection of Nature)
"Traps in every corner"
The cages held two finches and four winters that the two released, "but the traps are still with the hunters," the two say.
According to Bashan, hunting in Judea and Samaria is more common than we think and there are traps in every corner.
"Btiolii Gush Etzion came across dozens of times hunters and traps spread on the ground," he says, "it is important to open our eyes and to report to the police or the National Parks Service as soon as you see such a trap (and always shoot)"
Nature Protection Society notes that the strongest, hunting and trade goldfinches, set my equal Nature protected, prohibited by law.
One of the reasons for the illegal hunting of finches is the demand among certain sectors for "banduk" - a hybrid of finches with canaries - which aims to create a bird species with beautiful feather colors and evening sound.
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Bashan and Binyamini release the hunted finches (Photo courtesy of those photographed)
The finch was paid a few days before the event by Yotam (Photo: Yotam Bashan, The Society for the Protection of Nature)
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