Machi the Whimbrel Gunned Down by Hunters
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
Guadeloupe, Martinique and Barbados continue to operate “shooting swamps” some of which are artificial wetlands created to attract migrant shorebirds for sport shooting during fall migration. Barbados, once a British colony is now an independent state and also not party to the Treaty. Machi was, of course, only one bird.
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