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la chasse aux tendelles

14:00 Oct 6, 2005
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French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Agriculture / Hunting
French term or phrase: la chasse aux tendelles
"la chasse de grives aux tendelles"

I found out that a "tendelle" is a kind of trap (see below), but does anybody know what it would be called in English?

"Les tendelles sont des pièges rudimentaires, constitués d’une pierre disposée en équilibre sur des batonnets, au-dessus de baies de genévriers chargées d’attirer les oiseaux.
L’infortuné grive, rouge-gorge, mésange, pinson, merle à plastron, gros-bec qui vient se nourrir sous la pierre fait chuter le dispositif et se trouve écrasé.
Piège non sélectif, la « tendelle » est interdite depuis plus d’un siècle et quelques centaines de braconniers ont néanmoins continué à tuer massivement des oiseaux de toutes espèces par ce procédé."
Anna Kiff
Local time: 11:45


Summary of answers provided
3 +4tendelle trap
DocteurPC
4(bird) trapping with tendelles
Francis MARC
3tendelle traps
SusanMurray
3trapping / bird-trap hunting
Virginie Lafage


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(bird) trapping with tendelles


Explanation:
France - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - [ Traduire cette page ]
... killed in tendelle traps, in which a balanced stone crushes the birds as they
... The French Government allows certain birds to be trapped in some areas ...
www.rspb.org.uk/international/ illegal_hunting/france/index.asp - 13k - 4 oct 2005

Readers' Comments - www.phayul.com - [ Traduire cette page ]
... of thrushes and many protected species are illegally killed in tendelle traps,in which a balanced stone crushes the birds as they take the food bait. ...
www.phayul.com/news/discuss/view.aspx?id=9593 - 52k - Résultat complémentaire -

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 12:45
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 20
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
tendelle trap


Explanation:
France - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Central south (Aveyron and Lozère) - thousands of thrushes and many protected
species are illegally killed in tendelle traps, in which a balanced stone ...
www.rspb.org.uk/international/ illegal_hunting/france/index.asp

Nasty, nasty


    www.rspb.org.uk/international/ illegal_hunting/france/index.asp
DocteurPC
Canada
Local time: 05:45
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  John Speese: I'd leave it as tendelle traps too.
6 mins
  -> thanks John
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
31 mins
  -> merci, Gilles, on ne vous a pas "vu" beaucoup dernièrement - vous nous manquez
agree  Sheila Hardie: yes, I think I would say this too - perhaps writing 'tendelle' in italics
5 days
agree  davidconlin (X): stone crush traps see: www.komitee.de/en
1229 days
  -> Merci, peut-être que ça va fermer cette vieille question ;-)
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
tendelle traps


Explanation:
not sure if I'm right but I found the following sites :

... and many protected species are illegally killed in tendelle traps, ... France has tried to weaken the Birds Directive to allow longer hunting seasons. ...
www.rspb.org.uk/international/ illegal_hunting/france/index.asp

hunting is illegal when it is carried out during the closed season, ... of thrushes and many protected species are illegally killed in tendelle traps, ...
www.phayul.com/news/discuss/view.asp

Good luck

SusanMurray
Local time: 11:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
trapping / bird-trap hunting


Explanation:
-Trapping hunt
-Trapping hunting

I cannot find the exact word for it, but trapping hunting could maybe help...

Good luck!

Virginie Lafage
France
Local time: 11:45
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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