Tag Archive: Quail
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Ornis Committee caves to political pressure, ignores science as Turtle-dove decline worsens
March 31, 2026 11:20 amBirdLife Malta strongly condemns the outcome of yesterday’s Ornis Committee meeting, where the majority once again chose to align with...
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The FKNK “sustainability index” is bogus
August 26, 2025 3:20 pmThe so-called “sustainability index” published by the Federation for Hunting and Trapping – Malta (FKNK), which attempts to present spring...
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National quota of 1,500 Turtle-doves has already been reached illegally
April 19, 2025 3:48 pmThe hunting season for Turtle-doves has not yet opened, but the national quota of 1,500 Turtle-doves has already been illegally...
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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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Malta should not keep challenging EU by continuing Turtle-dove hunt in spring
March 29, 2023 11:36 pmFollowing yesterday’s ORNIS Committee meeting and vote in favour of the opening of a spring hunting season, the responsibility of...
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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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Turtle-dove quota superseded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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Warrant of Prohibitory Injunction filed to stop slaughter of protected Turtle-doves during spring
April 11, 2022 3:04 pmThis year’s spring hunting derogation for the Vulnerable European Turtle-dove is illegal BirdLife Malta has earlier today filed a Warrant...
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Following fresh legal action by the EC, Government should close smokescreen ‘research’ trapping season immediately
November 12, 2021 12:46 pmFollowing the legal action announced today against Malta by the European Commission (EC) in regard to the smokescreen finch trapping...
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