BORDER CONTROL INTERNET TRADIN


BY: ALAN K JONES CHAIRMAN, LES RANCE SECRETARY T


he European Union and its borders are currently very much a political hot potato. Whatever your viewpoint


on the subject, free travel across Europe has undoubtedly become much easier and less restricted in the last decade or so. Unfortunately, that increased freedom has allowed those who choose to abuse the system much more ability to smuggle goods and livestock, whether they be


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people, drugs, alcohol, tobacco or birds. Since the ban on the importation of wild-caught birds into Europe in 2005, following the Avian Influenza pandemic, the trade in captive birds across Europe should be restricted to captive-bred individuals (except for small numbers under special licence, for zoological collections). It is a sad fact that this rule is being flouted, with wild-caught birds


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