Abstract Official hunting statistics from 24 EU member states as well as Switzerland and Norway were collated. Data on 82 permissible quarry species of bird (listed in Annex II of the EU Birds Directive), mostly from the hunting season 2014/15 but in some cases from earlier years, were evaluated and compared with a previous study.The results show a total annual hunting bag of at least 52 million bi

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