Four Years Later, Portugal Can Once Again Hunt 13,200 Turtle Doves

After a four-year ban, hunting of the common turtledove (Streptopelia turtur), popularly known as “rola-brava”, will be permitted again in Portugal in 2025, announced the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests (ICNF). The decision, dated May 21, brings forward by one year the reopening initially planned for the 2026-2027 hunting season, as established by Ordinance No. 67/2024. The moratorium, in force since 2021 in several Western Europe…