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Current AffairsCzech hobbyists celebrate inclusion of falconry on UNESCO heritage list
Last week UNESCO added two Czech traditions to it list promoting the
safeguarding of so-called ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’. One of them
was a tradition also shared by ten other countries across Europe, the
Middle East and Asia. Falconry in both Bohemia and Moravia goes back many
hundreds of years and still has a wide following among both professionals
and hobbyists. More
Current AffairsCzechs hunters frustrated over “King of Poachers” walking free
A court in Brno did not find enough evidence on Tuesday to convict a man
dubbed “the King of Poachers”. The man, who had more than 1,300 hunting
trophies in his home, claimed he inherited them. The verdict has upset
Czech hunters who say that under the current Czech law, it’s extremely
difficult to convict poachers even if they are caught red-handed.
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Current AffairsParliament fails to lift ban on full-contact dog training
The Czech Parliament has failed to overrule a presidential veto of a bill
which was meant to lift a ban on the use of foxes in the training of
burrowing dogs. Under the current regulation, foxes can only be used in dog
training if they are blocked off from the dogs so that the animals cannot
hurt each other. While Czech hunters complain that during real hunts,
poorly trained dogs are easy prey for wild animals, animal rights activists
endorse the persisting ban, emphasizing the cruelty of full-contact dog
training. Radio Prague spoke to Marcela Lund, the head of the Czech NGO
Animals Protection Foundation which lobbied heavily against full
contact-dog training.
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Current AffairsMPs loosen fox-hunting regulation, provoking outcry from animal rights groups
Fox hunting in the Czech Republic may not come with all of the red coats
and horses that you might expect to see elsewhere – often it’s more a
case of one man and his dog in the woods. But here, just like in other
countries, it is a controversial issue nonetheless. On Tuesday, the Czech
parliament approved a law which allows hunters to train their dogs through
direct contact with foxes. Previously, foxes and dogs had to be kept apart
by a cage during training, so that neither suffered injury. Animal rights
groups are dismayed by the move.
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Current AffairsCzech hunters fearing TV bedtime story puts hunters in bad light
Czech TV is currently airing a series by the renowned documentary maker
Vaclav Chaloupek that tells the story of a little lynx called Tap. It is
being shown in the popular children's bedtime programme Vecernicek and
last week featured a hunter firing at Tap and his little companion. This
has angered the Czech Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Association. They
say the series puts hunters in a bad light and does not mention that a
large part of their work is feeding animals and looking after the
country's wildlife. I spoke to the association's secretary-general
Jaroslav Kostecka: More
Current AffairsPrague renovates ten old gamekeeper's lodges
The city of Prague, as a popular tourist destination, attracts millions of
people thanks to its rich cultural heritage, historical monuments,
beautiful architecture and its romantic little streets and cafes. Although
it is known as one of the "greenest" capitals in Europe, few
people are aware that Prague includes some 4,900 hectares of forest land.
Around half the land is owned by the city, which spends some 36 million
crowns - 1.2 million Euros - a year on maintenance. For over a decade, it
has also owned ten run down gamekeepers' lodges but has only recently been
given the green light to renovate them and offer its rangers homes close
to their forests.
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Today's topics include: hunting, highest mountain, Czech women's self
confidence, time spent on sick leave. Listeners quoted: Sally Amis, Dr
Paul Kail, Mat Blaszczyk, Elisabeth Arden, Karl Johanson.
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Current AffairsCzech Hunters' Union founded eighty years ago
No matter how many centuries we have been living in a civilised society,
psychologists say that deep inside we are still hunters and gatherers. And
some remain that in the literal sense. In fact, the Czech Republic has a
whole army of hunters - around 140,000 and almost one hundred thousand of
them are registered with the Czech Hunters' Union - an organisation which
celebrates its 80th birthday this week.
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