ENDANGERED: Fine Art & Photography Contest 2021 Submission

The Last Songbird speaks to the fate of the Ortolan Bunting, a tiny bird from France weighing less than an ounce. The fragile bird is mercilessly hunted, though illegal. A thriving black market estimates that 30,000 beautiful songbirds are captured and sold illegally in France. To catch the migrating birds, hunters use nets and snares entangling whole flocks as they fly. Once captured the little birds are either kept in darkness for weeks, or have their eyes poked out while being overfed to fatten them. Once fattened the birds are  thrown alive into a vat of  brandy. Terrified they slowly drown and then are roasted and served. The torturous preparation is not the reason their capture is illegal; they are considered endangered with a decreasing population. Leave it to humans to engage in such horrific cruelty for gluttony.

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