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Malta 2013: ‘Hunters’ gun down another Pallid Harrier
Malta has European permission to hunt Turtle Doves and Quail? Malta’s hunters behave responsibly? Malta’s hunters are conservationists? Malta’s hunters abide the law? No. Utter, utter nonsense. The...
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Malta’s hunters are killing birds in South America
Say ‘Malta’ to many birders and conservationists and the first image that comes to mind is of men casually swinging guns skyward to blast birds migrating over what I long ago christened ‘the...
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BirdLife Malta: Extending hunting curfew will save more birds
Press-release from Birdlife Malta on extending a hunting curfew in autumn to protect migrating raptors from being illegally shot – a proposal inevitably shot at by Malta’s so called ‘hunting and...
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BirdLife Malta Raptor Camp: Open for volunteers
Brief information about Raptor Camp 2013: The dates of the camp are 15th – 30th September Camp participants help to monitor the countryside to record any illegal hunting activity, as well as recording...
View ArticleBirdLife Malta: Government obstructing spring hunting report?
Press-release from BirdLife Malta, Friday 2nd August BirdLife Malta has today sent an urgent communication to the European Commission concerning the government’s failure to make available vital...
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Disgraceful: Malta legislates in favour of killing roosting birds
Malta, the bloody archipelago, already has a reputation amongst birders, conservation organisations, and welfare groups as the place in Europe that migrating birds go to die. Despite years of trying to...
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BirdLife Malta urges public to report illegal hunting
Saturday 14th September 2013– BirdLife Malta made a public appeal today, urging anyone who witnesses protected birds being killed or any other illegal hunting incidents to report these to the police...
View ArticleMalta: Death toll mounts as eagle massacre continues
More utterly disgraceful and inexcusable behaviour from the useless hunters of southern Europe’s most notorious killing-fields. How nice it would be to be able to report something positive about Malta...
View ArticleBirdLife Malta: Legality of spring hunting under fire in Malta and Brussels
Ironic, isn’t it, that while a trio of birdwatchers are putting themselves through pain and discomfort to raise awareness about the rapid decline of the Turtle Dove, the ‘Maltese hunter’ (a poacher...
View ArticleOff to Malta, back next week
Next week I’m travelling to Malta with the League Against Cruel Sports and one of my heroes – Bill Oddie OBE. I have to say I’m not looking forward to it. Migrant birds should be passing in huge...
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