Tag Archive: illegal hunting
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Illegal hunting soars as enforcement collapses
October 10, 2025 1:30 pmOver 240 illegal hunting incidents recorded during this year’s Raptor Camp: Birds of prey remain Malta’s most targeted species as...
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Illegal hunting in bird sanctuaries highlights urgent need for stronger enforcement
November 28, 2024 3:15 pmOver the past week, BirdLife Malta has reported to police two cases of illegal hunting within the protected bird sanctuaries...
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Highly protected Black Stork shot near Prime Minister’s official summer residence
October 30, 2024 12:05 pmBirdLife Malta (BLM) recovered a young Black Stork with severe leg injuries from a reservoir near the Prime Minister’s official...
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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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GPS-tracked birds of prey disappear as they arrive in Malta
October 9, 2023 2:48 pmAs the autumn hunting season progresses with the further opening of a hunting season at sea on the 1st of...
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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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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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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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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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Prime Minister has lost the plot on hunting or simply doesn’t care
August 31, 2022 3:12 pmThe autumn hunting season on wild birds is set to open from tomorrow, the 1st of September 2022, permitting the...
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