Off topic - hunting in Greece

Good morning,
but this morning my garden was less enjoyable than usual. The Greek hunting season has begun; there is even a car, from Athens according to the number plates, parked near our house (!) and we hear loud shots from "everywhere", Hail is raining onto the roof and the walls, and there are several dogs running around, frantically searching for birds. The hunters throw litter wherever they walk and there are literally thousands of empty cartridges lying everywhere, including our garden. One fears to walk outside in one's own garden, as they seem to shoot at whatever moves.
 
Each year an enormous amount of animals (and people?) are shot by 'mistake', sometimes killed but mostly only wounded by the hail. I don't think that hunting birds is any worse than hunting other animals, but the way the hunting is done here must be the worst in Europe. I thought they were going restrict the hunting with a new law, but things seem pretty much as usual.
 
Otherwise a superb morning, cool and clear, with the first sea squills and cyclamen flowering, and soon the amaryllis belladonna buds will open. I will try to close my ears and try to relax..
 
Gunnar
 

Gunnar Dath
Aetos
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