just heard about macho gun men on the isle Malta, Mediterranean Sea, who kill the storks on their way from Africa to Northern Europe … the witness photographers got some trouble by the Malta men, doing with passion their sports; wish there once would be on the other hand a tribunal with birds as judges …
photo by frizztext
stork (EN) storch (GE) cicogna (IT) cigüeña (ESP) cigonya (CAT) oolevaar (NL) cegonha (PORT) toonekurg (EST) talabon (visayan), πελαργός (greek), 황새 (korean), leylek (turkish), นก ซทอค (thai), bocian (polish), gólya (hungarian), kattohaikara (finnish) , Бусел (“bussel”) in belarussian, Аист (“aist”) in russian, Щъркел (“shtàrkel”) in bulgarian…
- who knows more translations / keywords / tags for STORK?
Related articles
- Top German broadcaster screens CABS feature on hunting in Malta (timesofmalta.com)
- Hunters’ bad behaviour on German TV (timesofmalta.com)
TIMES OF MALTA writes: “… RTL, Germany’s biggest private TV station, had broadcast a 20-minute feature about bird hunting in Malta, based on the operations carried out here last month by CABS, the Munich-based Committee Against Bird Slaughter. The documentary was shown as part of a current affairs programme and included footage from the drone which CABS used to seek out illegal hunting and trapping, before it was shot down…”
also related:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120509/local/joseph-calleja-condemns-portrayal-of-malta-in-rtl-cabs-hunting-feature.419076
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http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=143941
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http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/en/newsdetails/news/national/Joseph-Calleja-condemns-feature-by-CABS-20120509
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http://www.komitee.de/en/actions-and-projects/malta/spring-bpc-2012/model-aircraft-films-bird-trappers
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http://www.komitee.de/en/homepage
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That’s so sad
Why do they kill them, just for fun?
just for fun …, no love, no respect for nature …
- and the birds have no respect for electricity …
title=”Cegonha-branca (Ciconia ciconia)” photo by Emerging Birder
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title=”home with free electricity” photo by kainet
I believe the correct English term for such people is: wankers
illegal bird hunting…
title=”Hotel Cigüeñas / Hotel Storks” photo by Ricardo Acosta
illegal bird hunters are a bunch of wankers
once, during our honeymoons, my wife made protest vs. a youth gang / bunch of wankers in the Mediterranean area: then they turned their guns away from the birds to take aim on my bride. typical conflict between tourists from North Europe and inhabitants of South Europe …
Wat a great shot… love that nest like tree.
it’s a nest in a German Zoo – for those who were not killed on Malta;
killed birds in Malta often have a ring at feet, once given in Germany by bird guards;
what one society is caring for, in another is destroyed with jubilation;
you prefer positive motivation topics, Elizabeth / eog737?
yes it is: I adore the miniature aircraft engineer from Switzerland
who attached mini-cameras on the little drone; so he could discover bird hunters;
of course, not long and the machos shot that little engine down.
he will construct a new one – and we will pay for…
Sadly, you are right. Some appreciate while others destroy! It’s eof737
title=”family” photo by Marta S. Gufstasson
Cute.
I hope no one will start the oven …
some other storks have better ideas:
title=”vacationing…” photo by kasmil
They are quite inventive, no?
title=”Stork and plates” photo by el.c.
somehow they like electricity it seems;
at least in Marrakech / Morocco they are living in freedom;
P.S.:
very often the people are much more civilized in Africa than in Europe.
empathy is what we need;
my favorite philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer once wrote,
that the quality of a nation should be ranking with view on how they treat animals.
Maybe he should have add: and how often a nation starts a war.
Schopenhauer liked Buddhism.
The idea, that maybe in our next life we could be an animal,
stops the idea,
we could be cruel vs. animals without any problem
Brutes are everywhere!
But those birds are fortunate in Morocco. 
Their nests are so amazing!
Animal abuse is so awful…I almost didn’t read this because I try to avoid it whenever possible. The first photo is great though.
title=”Holy Stork” photo by Dirk Delbaere
once friends sent me wonderful photos from storks, having their nests in Spain, short before jumping over the water to Africa: on churches, on trees, on lamps or even on metal constructions for railway-stations or roads …
title=”Ninho improvisado” photo by Emerging Birder
I have been a great fan of storks that migrate back and forth between N. Africa and Europe ever since my maternal grandfather shared paintings he commissioned to show the storks he observed from his hospital on the Med at the end of WWI. (He was being treated for mustard gas poisoning!) I am so glad you are publicizing this horrible shooting of these magnificent storks!
dear granbee / Rose,
sad, that your grandfather was hurt in the WWI by mustard gas poisoning!
Of course it is more important to discuss, what human beings are responsive for, if they start a war. On the other hand I realized, watching the bird killer video (lake in Egypt) via youtube, how jubilation can be a part of a killing ecstasy. I never could believe it, watching (German) world war II crimes vs. mankind. But it seems still to hide in some human beings, at least if they see some birds. Birds are for me the greatest symbol of liberty. In my hometown the administration is killing hundreds of pigeons by poison! They say, there are too much pigeons here. I’m ashamed, to live in such a city …
title=”7 Of 54,000″ photo by rohaberl in Berlin; read my article “WALLS” at
http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2010/12/30/walls/
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Wicked, nasty people
sometimes I’m searching for a God to make justice, but couldn’t find …
photo by stumbleon / Fred Roessler, USA
i think that nobody is ever forced to do the right thing, but we all have our free will. While it is great when there are those who are kind and protective of wildlife, there are unfortunately those who would rather use their free will to harm and destroy. that is always tragic.
I hate these people who kill for fun!
Reblogged this on Ann Novek–With the Sky as the Ceiling and the Heart Outdoors.
thank you for your engagement!
That’s quite a bird!…and quite a nest!
http://nprimopiano.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/spikes-on-street-lamp/
tools vs. birds – I’m sad …
aweful! I love all the responses photos, though
thank you for sharing these beautiful creatures – and making us aware of the tragedy surrounding their very existence.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/photo-of-the-day-stork-in-biebesheim-a-834805.html
http://www.spiegel.de/international/bild-834805-354773.html