Flight Into the Trap

Klaus T
Germany, short, 2000
29 mins. (Beta)
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This award winning documentary gives an inside view of how migrating birds are killed in Europe. The methods which are used in Southwest France are cruel. Caught in the wild, decoy pigeons kept in artificial darkness and tied down for months. These animals are buried alive, because hunters want to shoot more migrating pigeons. In Spain bird catchers are killing millions of song thrushes and endangered species, often by hand. Barraca hunting has been filmed for the first time, ever. It is another deadly trap for migrating birds, they are caught with glue rods. Hunters talk about their methods and way of life.