BirdLife reports second break-in at Ghadira reserve in a month

Karl Falzon

Jan 21st 2009, 10:10

It's always the same story! Just words, we would like to have facts just for a change! I could easily break a window in my backyard and invent a tale to blame it on someone I would like to make a bad figure out of him/her. Come on, please! don't tell me you belive all these nonsense?!

Richard Cachia Zammit

Jan 21st 2009, 09:57

@C. Camilleri
Nobody ever gets caught? Did you forget the white heron at Salina or the lesser spotted eagle at Buskett? In both cases there was actually an arrest and both cases were reported by Birdlife. As I said people like you who post such remarks without even condemning the act show us cleary how bad illegal hunting is in our islands.

C. Camilleri

Jan 21st 2009, 06:03

ufff again nobody is caught? im fed up of this fairytale, always seeing shadows, monsters with guns and blurry fat hunters..... how come nobody ever gets caught?

Ronnie Gauci

Jan 21st 2009, 01:54

Why don't they put traps like the ones used for foxes and maybe the trespassers will taste some of their own medicine, that is spend a whole night in the cold with a broken leg crying for mercy and for someone to free them.

Richard Cachia Zammit

Jan 20th 2009, 18:44

The night watchman who reported the last incident is neither Birdlife nor a Birdlife member; he is just a government worker doing his job. But obviously according to some, this is all a fabrication. The more these people post such remarks, especially without condemning the act, the more they present to us how bad the situation of illegal hunting is here in Malta.

Sylvana Zarb Darmanin

Jan 20th 2009, 16:57

When are we to expect facts from BirdLife Malta?! Gullible individuals might believe their story, however how can one explain that a number of policemen did not apprehend any intruders?

Before anyone rushes to comment, if the case was true, I would outrightly condemn such acts. But in this case, I do not believe what BirdLife are stating. I take this as the usual mud-slinging towards hunters without producing any facts!

Chris Galea

Jan 20th 2009, 16:02

@ Ramon Casha
I think it seems that with abit of common sense you can make 2 + 2 !! Their thriiler stories are so amusing ....it's like watching aa action movie.... but never ever no one gets caught !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ramon Casha

Jan 20th 2009, 15:46

It seems that the hunting lobby is out in force to try to justify crime.

jimmy vella

Jan 20th 2009, 15:09

yes these hunters will shoot at anything that fly, day or night fences or fences on roads on sea wherever they can possibly see anything that fly ,very dedicated they certainly are .

ghaber

Jan 20th 2009, 14:34

On these islands no place is safe for such beautiful birds. The greed and blood lust of certain hunters has no limits. It is so selfish that families and public are deprived from enjoying the view of such majestic birds.

Or maybe this Flamingo is not part of our "Maltese Socio-Cultural Heritage" ??????

T Mifsud

Jan 20th 2009, 14:19

@A Grima

Mr Grima, who exactly are you defending? If an illegal act was happening why are you shooting down the reporter? Nothing was certain otherwise, today, the intruders would have been apprehended with evidence submitted.

It is clear that some 'hunters' fall in the illegal category defending illegalities, in the process, exposing their true colours and their side of the law by their comments.

Would it not be better if hunters, who wish to fight for their 'bloody' cause, voluntarily report or condemn the illegality without hesitation? Instead of shooting the flamingo's beauty or Birdlife's report, they are simply shooting their selves in the foot!

Joe Vassallo

Jan 20th 2009, 14:16

@ Antoine Grima

Anyone who believes that the “hunters” enjoy any credibility with the population, he/she would have to be living in cuckoo land.

The “hunters” threw away whatever credibility they had when they defied everyone with their cowboy antics – for example, blasting flamingos and swans out of the sky did not help their credibility ratings…..

The “hunters” who maybe never (??) shot protected birds, but protected the ones who did, are just as guilty.

Hence, the “hunters” have to resign themselves to the fact that Birdlife is here to stay, and for all its faults (nobody is perfect), it is very much acceptable to the vast majority of the Maltese population.

Chris Galea

Jan 20th 2009, 14:13

Ufffffffff they never catch anyone ......... this fairy tale is becoming BORING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anthony Formosa

Jan 20th 2009, 14:10

Oh no, What is Birdlife cooking now.

1) Why is this person/s is called intruder? when it's a public place, shall we call intruders those who enter our private land and call the police every minute?

2) One intruder was spotted but perhaps they were two, himself and his shadow.

3) The intruder/s was spotted, but not the shotgun/s.

4) (The fence was cut open and a plank laid across the moat which surrounds the reserve) and then, how would they expect to collect the bird? by a speed boat!!!

5) The police from Mellieha, Qawra, and ALE (approx 12 police officers) thoroughly searched the area and found no one, but then he was spotted again, assuming that they were two not one, inside the reserve, is this some kind of hide and seek game? it's amazing how stories are made. And the worst of all is to ridicule the police force.

6) The intruder/s seems to be a law abiding hunter to have only three cartridges, and why he left the cartridges behind? no pockets, gun empty.

malcolm said

Jan 20th 2009, 13:57

Another gimic and pantomime by birdlife malta!
People hiding here and there playing hide and seek and probably here and maybe there etc etc....... they better go work with CSI as they know the target from the cartridges!
A good mid day joke.
We are tired of your filthy tactics birdlies.

lgalea

Jan 20th 2009, 13:51

Maybe they're seeing ghost hunters

Jean Paul Galea

Jan 20th 2009, 13:30

@Mr Grima
Yes maybe this maybe that but then when videos are provided its a one off case.... How can birdlife prove anything without having police or official people backing its operations. I guess a hole in the fence is enough proof that someone was trying to go inside the reserve

Andrew Gatt

Jan 20th 2009, 13:25

Considering the funds Birdlife are given, considering the optics and eqiuipment they have, is it possible they haven't got CCTV? Or night-vision optics? And in any case, according to this report, the watchman's Mark 1 eyeballs had the intruder in plain sight! Childs play to keep him under observation until "the Mellieha and Qawra district police, as well as the ALE, arrived very quickly".

But, as usual, nobody gets caught, nobody gets identified, nobody gets charged. Also as usual, Birdlife's imagination and PR goes into overdrive, presuming this, supposing that, and insinuating the other.

J Oatmon

Jan 20th 2009, 13:12

There is no valid reason to enter a nature reserve without authorisation, a nature reserve is "Out of Bounds' to the public - unless authorised.

It is similar to your own home being "Out of Bounds' to the public - unless authorised: if someone enters your home without permission, he is committing an offence under the law.

Joseph E Briffa

Jan 20th 2009, 13:09

@ Antoine Grima...........I hope you are not trying to defend these bloodthirsty vandals..their place is behind bars! Maybe they will learn their lesson and behave like decent human beings after their release.

steve busuttil

Jan 20th 2009, 13:03

While i am pro-hunting, i wish to condemn such incidents as this is not hunting, this is poaching.

These are criminals and should be treated as such. It is a pity that he was not caught by the pertinent authorities.

Antoine Grima

Jan 20th 2009, 13:01

All you hear from Birdlife is "Probably this and probably that" Amazing how clever these intruders are not to get caught with all those police present .