Overview of criminal cases concerning illegal withdrawal of wild falcons and related prosecutions in Russia and neighboring countries

• Published in: Raptors Conservation
• Main Author: Elvira G. Nikolenko
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: LLC Sibecocenter 2018
• Subjects: хищные птицы; соколы; браконьерство; контрабанда; соколиный бизнес; кречет; falco rusticolus; балобан; falco cherrug; сапсан; falco peregrinus; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Zoology; QL1-991; Kamchatka Peninsula; Falco peregrinus; Falco rusticolus; gyrfalcon; Kamchatka; peregrine falcon; Siberia; Кречет; Сапсан
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.19074/1814-8654-2018-36-24-43; https://doaj.org/article/c1d1094b440a4ce885f5117fd6c00744

This article was prepared according on the analysis of the situation with the poaching and smuggling of falcons (Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus, Saker Falcon F. cherrug and Peregrine Falcon F. peregrinus) in Russia and near abroad countries in 2016–2017. The number of falcon-related arrests is steadily...