Tag Archive: European Union
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Evidence from finch trapping sites shows rampant abuse of smokescreen ‘scientific research’ derogation
March 4, 2024 9:57 amAs the European Court of Justice (ECJ) prepares for this week’s (Thursday 7th March) hearing on the smokescreen finch ‘research’...
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Environmental crime cases in court shelved due to removal of presiding magistrate
November 28, 2023 8:49 amIn two separate letters sent over the past weeks (3rd & 17th November) to Chief Justice Dr Mark Chetcuti, BirdLife...
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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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EU kicks off process to halt spring hunting in Malta
February 16, 2023 5:15 pmThe European Commission has today taken new action against Malta following the Government’s decision last spring to reopen a spring...
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Turtle-dove hunting in spring is illegal
November 10, 2022 12:40 pmBirdLife Malta has today filed a Court case challenging the decision – taken by the Ministry for Gozo and the...
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Turtle-dove quota superseded
April 28, 2022 11:22 amBirdLife Malta believes that after a week since the opening of a spring hunting season on the European Turtle-dove (Gamiema),...
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BirdLife Malta initiates legal action as finch trapping Framework Law enacted without public consultation
November 5, 2021 11:00 amBirdLife Malta has today filed a Judicial Protest against the Minister for Gozo, the Minister for the Environment, the Wild...
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Peak migration of birds of prey greeted with massacre
September 25, 2021 1:11 pmSouth-westerly winds yesterday favoured a peak in observed migration of birds of prey, with BirdLife Malta and Committee Against Bird...
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Malta will have to reduce hunting bag limit on turtle-dove from this autumn
August 11, 2021 11:22 amBirdLife Malta welcomes the decision by the European Commission to regulate hunting on the vulnerable European Turtle-dove during autumn. Following...
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Finch trapping in Malta coming to an end after EC’s final warning
June 9, 2021 2:07 pmBirdLife Malta welcomes today’s news that the European Commission has once again stepped in to protect birds in our country....
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