Cyprus: Revealed: Baby Animals Knowingly Killed by British Military

Jun 10, 2020 | Phil Miller, Daily Maverick
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Britain’s military is paying compensation on an almost daily basis to farmers in Cyprus whose animals, including unborn goats, are routinely killed by UK troops and aircraft based at the eastern Mediterranean island. An investigation by Declassified has found that military activity on Cyprus has resulted in 1,764 “animal loss” claims in the last five years from live-firing and low-flying. Fatalities are clustered around a major Royal Air Force (RAF) base at Akrotiri on the island’s southern peninsula.