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Nature reserve declares open season on illegal bird hunters

Corrupt authority accused of selling shooting permits for Unesco-listed area From Gabriel Ronay in Budapest

ITALIAN bird-hunters have slaughtered tens of thousands of wild birds in the Danube delta's unique biosphere reservation with illegally issued permits, according to a statement just released by the wetlands' administration in the Romanian capital, Bucharest.