Hunters' federation expels member

The hunters' federation, FKNK, has expelled a member whom the courts found guilty of a serious breach of hunting rules.

This was the first time the FKNK made such a decision public, in keeping with a council policy adopted on Tuesday of publicising such decisions which, to date, used to be kept internal.

The federation has communicated the decision to the Police Commissioner, but it has not made the name of the expelled member public.

This was not the first time an FKNK member was expelled from the federation.

Federation secretary Lino Farrugia said the council's decision was taken in the light of various instances that had recently been played up as a direct attack on all forms of hunting and trapping.