The Romanian BirdLife Partner has notified the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Administration, the Regional Environment Protection Agency, the Environment Ministry and the Regional Game Associations. All these institutions are responsible for law enforcement and are empowered to find and sanction those responsible for the illegal hunting activities in the Danube Delta.

%u201CThe fact that deliberate massacre of Globally Threatened Dalmatian Pelican is still taking place in Europe is a clear call for more efforts to educate and enforce control on the side of authorities, but media and civil society must play their part too%u201D, said Boris Barov, European Conservation Manager at the European Division. %u201CSuch appalling news reminds us how deep-rooted poaching is in human behaviour - despite many years of conservation and awareness-raising work%u201D.

The Dalmatian Pelican is qualified as a %u2018Nature Monument%u2019 in Romania, listed in Annex I of the EU Birds Directive, and is classified as Vulnerable by BirdLife - the Red List Authority for birds on the IUCN Red List of threatened species.

We the undersigned ,ask you to take action and protect the Danube Delta!