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Which Azerbaijani regions are ’favored’ places of poachers?

30 December 2011 [14:46] - TODAY.AZ
Azerbaijan recorded less cases of poaching in 2010 compared to 2011, Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry's Spokesman Irada Ibrahimova said.  She said the ministry monitored the country’s regions over 11 months of 2011 and recorded  388 facts of illegal hunting of wild birds, as well as violations of fishing regulations and polluting the  environment
 
"The illegal hunting  cases were mainly recorded in Guba, Khizi, Zagatala, Ismayilli, Neftchala, Jalilabad, Imishli an Barda region of Azerbaijan," she said. “Poachers often hunt duck and coot, as well as a mountain goat, eel (lamprey) and walleye.”
 


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