⚠️Members and volunteers of the Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia (BPSSS @BirdLifeSerbia) are currently receiving a massive amount of hate and death threats on social media after reporting the illegal killing of migratory birds! Up to 800 illegal calling devices for quails are placed every weekend in Serbia. The use of devices for mass destruction of wild birds is prohibited by the Serbian criminal code. Due to this form of illegal hunt, every year at least 50,000 quails are killed, inflicting massive damages to our biodiversity. On the 9th and 10th of September 2023, members and volunteers of the BPSSS discovered electronical devices and found 3 armed Italian citizens carrying 8 freshly shot quails and no hunting or weapon permit. The discovery was immediately reported to the police. The president of a local hunting society published on Facebook on the 12th of September a video in which he spread dangerous misinformation around the episode, spurring rage from the Serbian hunters and encouraging them to take their anger out on the activists. This resulted in more than 60 hate posts, including explicit death threats, against BPSSS' members. 🚨We strongly condemn the hate campaign and death threats, as well as the defence of illegality and ecological destruction. We call on @SerbianGov authorities to act swiftly and decisively to protect our activists and preserve the #RuleofLaw We urge @FACEforHunters to clearly reject such behaviour and act within the Serbian hunting community to restore peace, legality and dignity. #FlightForSurvival

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