Tag Archive: police
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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BirdLife Malta calls on Government to protect birds during migration
September 1, 2021 8:06 amAs the summer months come to an end, and with colder temperatures starting to be felt in northern Europe, birds...
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Hunter filmed instructing child to shoot from FKNK-managed Miżieb
May 3, 2021 12:27 pmFollowing the incident reported by the media involving a hunter who was filmed instructing a child to shoot a gun...
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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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