Press Releases - Hunting & Trapping
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Shot birds of prey signal spring migration
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Witnesses yesterday watched a driver in a van in Mgarr stop his vehicle and start shooting at a flock of protected birds of prey (tajr tal-priża) through his car window, the latest in a series of illegal shooting incidents as spring migration started.
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BirdLife Urges European Commission to take action against Malta
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
BirdLife’s European partners today urged the European Commission to take action against Malta, should the Maltese government announce its decision to open yet another spring hunting season putting tens of thousands of migratory birds en-route to their European breeding grounds at peril.
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OPM hides behind Ornis to open spring hunting season
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
During what BirdLife Malta describes as a farcical meeting, the Ornis Chairman pushed the Committee members to take a series of votes on another spring hunting and trapping season based on FKNK and MEPA’s proposals.
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Study shows increase in finch numbers
Monday, 22 February 2010
A study by the EU LIFE+ Project on Bird Migration and Trapping revealed that the number of finches (Għasafar tal-għana) recorded in the Maltese countryside increased dramatically in the first year of the trapping ban in 2009, compared to 2008 when finch trapping was still permitted.
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Recommendations to clamp down on illegal hunting to be re-submitted to the Prime Minister
Saturday, 20 February 2010
An updated report outlining BirdLife’s recommendations to clamp down on the ongoing and widespread illegal hunting and trapping in the Maltese islands will be re-submitted to the Office of the Prime Minister on Monday, BirdLife Malta revealed today. Although it has been more than one and a half years since the submission of the original report, BirdLife Malta has not yet received feedback from the OPM.
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