In what might appear to be a return to the Middle Ages, Diko MP Chrysanthos Savvides suggested this week that the mediaeval practice of falconry should be legalised to stop ‘harmful’ birds, such as pigeons, disturbing farmers’ crops.
In presenting the bill, he argued that as various limitations on hunting and the change in attitudes over the years have prompted the growth of populations of crop-destroying birds, the reintroduction of
