Tag Archive: Environmental Protection Unit
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Police officers monitoring autumn hunting season reduced
September 18, 2023 12:31 pmThe first two weeks of the autumn hunting season have already seen various episodes of illegal hunting, as political will...
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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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Lack of self-discipline by hunters and of police presence lead to rampant illegalities
October 5, 2022 9:59 pm* Over 170 illegalities witnessed by BirdLife Malta’s Raptor Camp volunteers in three weeks* Protected birds shot before and during...
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Hunter caught killing four Greater Flamingos gets jail sentence
September 27, 2022 9:22 amBirdLife Malta is satisfied that the hunter who was witnessed shooting down and killing four Greater Flamingos in October 2021...
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Spring Watch, the calm after a storm…
May 23, 2022 11:10 amRelative peace has returned in the countryside now the spring hunting season is finished. The season, which opened for the...
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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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Help us protect migratory birds this spring…volunteer to join our Spring Watch!
January 21, 2022 1:36 pmIt is just before dawn when a female Kestrel wakes and opens her wings, preparing for flight. She is ready to leave her roost and, with a strong...
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BirdLife Malta asks for Qawra Point to become a no-hunting zone
October 2, 2021 2:48 pmThe massacre, this morning, of four Greater Flamingos which were illegally shot down by a hunter at Qawra Point amplifies...
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