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World Service,3 mins

Trapping songbirds to turn them into an expensive delicacy

World Update

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Warblers and other species are being killed on an industrial scale and sold illegally to restaurants in the Republic of Cyprus, where a plate of cooked songbirds is an expensive delicacy. Jonathan Hall is with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Photo: Dead blackcap warblers. Courtesy: RSPB)

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