Tag Archive: finch trapping
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EURING condemns Malta’s finch trapping as illegitimate research
December 3, 2024 2:55 pmEURING, the organisation coordinating European bird ringing schemes, declared that finch trapping in Malta is not legitimate research and warned...
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FKNK attempts to greenwash finch trapping by asking BLM Ringing Scheme to provide scientific rings
November 19, 2024 2:33 pmFollowing constant attempts by FKNK to discredit BirdLife Malta and its scientific ringing scheme, BirdLife Malta denies ever rejecting collaboration...
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Trapped in deception: Unveiling the true impact of Malta’s finch research derogation
March 6, 2024 1:37 pmThe finch ‘catch and release’ derogation was first initiated in 2020, after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) found Malta...
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Illegal killing of birds remains rampant during 2021
February 4, 2022 10:04 amDuring 2021 the number of protected birds known to BirdLife Malta that have been diagnosed as illegally shot stood at...
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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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Framework Law allowing finch trapping repealed
October 14, 2021 5:31 pmBirdLife Malta has just found out that following yesterday’s decision by the ORNIS Committee not to recommend the opening of...
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Protected Ospreys shot down by hunters, illegal finch trappers caught
March 22, 2021 1:51 pmIn the past days, with the first signs of spring migratory birds flying over the Maltese Islands, BirdLife Malta witnessed...
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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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European Union takes action against Malta on all ongoing hunting and trapping derogations
December 3, 2020 6:53 pmAll ongoing hunting and trapping derogations currently being applied in Malta are now the subject of Infringement Proceedings initiated today...
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Government’s plan to challenge ECJ ruling on finch trapping is absurd
August 18, 2020 5:24 pmBirdLife Malta is surprised to find out that the Government is planning to challenge the European Court of Justice (ECJ)...
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