Hunting broadly not responsible for birds declining across Europe, study finds

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Hunting is not the main reason bird populations are declining across Europe, according to new research from University College Dublin in collaboration with the Spanish research institute Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC).

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  • Reported by Phys.org and published Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:20:13 UTC.

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