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| Amur Falcon at Muraviovka Park, 09/2012 © F. Eidam |
Shashank Dalvi and Ramki Sreenivasan made a documentation "of the shocking massacre of tens of thousands of migratory Amur falcons (
Falco amurensis)
in the remote state of Nagaland in India’s northeast. We estimate that
during the peak migration 12,000 – 14,000 birds are being hunted for
consumption and commercial sale
everyday. We further estimate
that a mind-boggling 120,000 to 140,000 birds are being slaughtered in
Nagaland every year during their passage through the state..."
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Conservation India!
The Amur region is a important breeding ground for this species, and Muraviovka Park holds a good population. It is very likely, that birds from here have been killed in this massacre!
