Foreign team to watch over illegal hunting

Joe Xuereb

Apr 8th 2009, 14:28

The bottom line is - who is butchering the birds to amuse themselves?
The beautiful bird appears to be nose-diving to the ground. Let us hope it is already dead.

Francis Buhagiar

Apr 6th 2009, 20:45

It is at wied il-Ghasel in Mosta where Birdlife Malta should take SABS so they will see for themselves who realy is destroying our natural habitat where the birds that they are protecting are suppose to nest. Frans Buhagiar.

John Matthews

Apr 6th 2009, 17:23

Bring them on. We are talking about ILLEGAL hunting, not what LEGAL hunting is about.
I hope they photograph some illegal hunters or rather shooters and the film is used to prosecute the undesirables who give REAL hunters a bad name both in Malta and across the world

MARK MIFSUD BONNICI

Apr 6th 2009, 13:48

ORTOLAN BUNTING
"the trapping of rare ORTOLAN BUNTING in Żurrieq,"

WIKIPEDIA ENCYCLOPEDIA SAYS THIS ABOUT FRANCE WHERE THESE BIRDS ARE A CULINARY DELICACY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortolan_Bunting

The Ortolan is one of the dishes of French country cuisine. It is now against the law to sell them in France - but not to eat them. It is a protected species in Europe and its sale is illegal in France, but Gascons still catch it by the end of summer to fatten it. netted in great numbers, kept alive in an artificially lighted, or darkened room to disrupt their feeding schedule, and fed with oats and millet. In a very short time they became enormously fat and then killed for the gourmet French table.

François Mitterrand's last meal included this specially prepared bird which was illegal to prepare and eat at that time. INCIDENTALLY DR. GONZI MALTA'S PRIME MINISTER ATTENDED THIS MEAL!!

Sylvana Zarb Darmanin

Apr 6th 2009, 13:09

I believe that the Heading used is an insult to the forces of law in Malta. Don’t you think that more than enough harm has already been done to Malta and its citizens? When are we to expect the Government to take the necessary action against such acts?!

LGalea

Apr 6th 2009, 12:27

Foreigners should look after their own countries affairs and not interfere in ours.
He who is without sin let him/her cast the first stone.

M. Cardona

Apr 6th 2009, 10:16

Could anyone please enlighten me!

DOES THIS BREACH DATA PROTECTION AND IS EFFECTIVELY ILLEGAL INVESTIGATION?

CABS asks for help - Who knows this Maltese Hunter who killed 2 Marsh Harriers?

http://www.komitee.de/en/index.php?poacher_rabat

M. Cardona

Apr 6th 2009, 10:16

Could anyone please enlighten me!

DOES THIS CONSTITUTE TRESPASSING?

During daylight hours, map trapping installations

The devices are mostly concealed in concrete bunkers or buried oil drums with the loudspeakers at the end of long cables in the scrub. Bolt cutters and angle grinders are used to remove and disable the devices

http://www.komitee.de/en/index.php?birdcampsmalta

M. Cardona

Apr 6th 2009, 10:15

Could anyone please enlighten me!

IS THIS ILLEGAL ENFORCEMENT?

During daylight hours, CABS members run controls of pet shops and bird markets, map trapping installations

During the hours of darkness groups comb outlying areas for illegal electronic lures. These cassette recorders are used primarily to lure Quails migrating by night to the areas in front of the shooting hides, where they are shot at when day breaks. The devices are mostly concealed in concrete bunkers or buried oil drums with the loudspeakers at the end of long cables in the scrub. Bolt cutters and angle grinders are used to remove and disable the devices


http://www.komitee.de/en/index.php?birdcampsmalta

stephen grech

Apr 6th 2009, 10:06

In this article it is being stated that "Last September, the committee claimed hundreds of protected birds were being shot." We're talking about Spring hunting here so why not leave these statements when the autumn hunting begins because when September comes, they will have to repeat the same things again.

The government should now take a stand on these few foreigners who are tarnishing Malta's name just because of their extremism. Protecting birds is one thing but putting in jeopardy thousands of jobs and tarnishing the name of Malta on lies and deciet is in my opinion going a bit too far. I hope that by now people will start to see who is really doing the real harm to Malta!