Hunters may use air-guns to hunt rabbit

The hunters’ federation said this afternoon that the police were receiving applications for the hunting of wild rabbits by hunters using air guns.

In a statement it explained the procedure for hunters to be granted a licence to hunt rabbits.

It said hunting of wild rabbits using air guns was a popular practice abroad, especially where large numbers of rabbits could be found. While it appreciated that Maltese hunters could now practice this sort of hunting, it insisted that this could never be considered as a substitute for the “Maltese socio-cultural tradition of hunting”.