Tag Archive: Clint Camilleri
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European Commission confirms that finch-trapping derogation is not in line with the European Court of Justice ruling
November 1, 2025 11:00 amBirdLife Malta welcomes the clarification received from the European Commission regarding Malta’s so-called “research derogation” for finch trapping. In a...
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Malta flouts EU law and court rulings by reopening illegal bird trapping season
October 23, 2025 12:59 pmMalta has once again reopened the trapping season for finches, golden plovers and song thrushes, directly challenging the European Court...
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ECJ AG Opinion recommends an end to finch trapping
May 30, 2024 11:22 amBirdLife Malta welcomes the unequivocal Opinion by European Court of Justice (ECJ) Advocate General Tamara Ćapeta delivered today in Luxembourg...
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This blood is on your hands, Robert Abela!
October 16, 2023 12:56 pmBirdLife Malta today staged a symbolic action in front of the Office of the Prime Minister in Valletta’s Castille Square. With...
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A spring hunting season has already opened illegally on Turtle-dove
April 13, 2023 2:30 pmThe current spring hunting season on Common Quail which has been open since Monday has already resulted in a significant...
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Malta should not keep challenging EU by continuing Turtle-dove hunt in spring
March 29, 2023 11:36 pmFollowing yesterday’s ORNIS Committee meeting and vote in favour of the opening of a spring hunting season, the responsibility of...
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GPS-tracked Finnish Honey-buzzard killed in Malta after three-week journey through 10 European countries
October 14, 2022 12:00 pmA European Honey-buzzard which hatched in Finland earlier this summer and was being GPS-tracked as part of a post-doctoral research...
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An indiscriminate massacre of protected species including the Turtle-dove
May 7, 2022 9:26 pmFollowing the end of this year’s spring hunting season, BirdLife Malta notes that it was once again a season riddled...
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Tens of protected Marsh-harriers massacred by hunters during the night
April 19, 2022 1:35 pmHunting enforcement measures are out of control as a result of amnesties on taxidermy collections BirdLife Malta volunteers and members...
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First year of PM Abela’s rule stained with worst record for illegal hunting
February 1, 2021 9:25 amThe first year of Prime Minister Robert Abela’s rule will be a year stained with the worst record for illegal...
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