Czech conservationists call for special police unit to protect wildlife

Photo: Klára Hlubocká, Česká ornitologická společnost

Despite years of appeals from nature and animal conservationists, the Czech police have not created a dedicated unit to address incidents of poisoned birds of prey or poaching. The frequency of these cases has been rising annually in Czechia. Instead, Czech police officers employ an alternative approach to tackling what is known as environmental crime.

Klára Hlubocká guides the retrievers to the river and is their sole handler for the Czech Society for Ornithology.

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Author: Jakub Ferenčík, Marie Veselá