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Tunisia's lax hunting laws mean each hunter can slaughter hundreds of birds. It's time for a crack down. |  | | Sign Now |
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| Dear friends, Regardless of how you and I feel about it, bird hunting is a common pastime all over the world. But in Tunisia, it isn't just an average blood sport. Under current laws, even a hobbyist can kill birds at near-industrial scale, which has decimated birds across the North African country. Earlier this year, the Lebanese Hunting Club posted a Facebook photo that showed their members proudly standing in front piles of dead birds. It went viral as conscientious animal and wildlife lovers around the world were horrorstruck at the site of such massive slaughter. Yet, there was nothing illegal about this photo. Each person is allowed a jaw-dropping 350 rounds of ammunition on any hunting trip as long as its three or fewer days long. That means a great marksman could individually kill 350 animals. A typical hunting party could leave more than a thousand kills in their wake. This kind of mass-scale hunting is obviously unsustainable. We've already lost many bird species that used to call Tunisia home, and we're guaranteed to lose more if we don't put any common sense limits on how many animals hunters can kill. Thank you,  | | Emily V. The Care2 Petitions Team |
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