BirdLife welcomes hunting decision

Sylvana Zarb Darmanin

Sep 11th 2009, 14:33

Well, keep on dreaming, Sirs! Hunting will never be banned!! The Maltese hunters are presently enjoying their long-awaited Autumn hunting season. Additionally, the Maltese Government has the necessary tools to apply a derogation in a correct manner and the Spring Hunting Season will hopefully be opened again!!

Joseph Pace

Sep 11th 2009, 09:34

A good win the the FKNK??

I either did not understand the article or some people are trying to be funny.

Now all we need is to stop hunting in Autumn too for it to be better.

If you want to shoot something alive, go shoot your foot!

mario nicholas pace

Sep 10th 2009, 20:52

At last hopefully, we can enjoy birds as they should be i.e free and flying without being shot at . I urge the prime minister for true enforcement next spring and not let these people do what they like . Unfortunateluy as usual in this present time they are killing birds indiscriminantly all over malta and Gozo . Personally I do not see any difference between spring hunting and winter hunting , they should be banned equally.

Andrew Gatt

Sep 10th 2009, 20:02

FIRST Birdlife said on 10 September 2009 "Malta needs to come in line with the Birds Directive and ban spring hunting. At the same time, as we have said many times before, Maltese hunters have every right to continue their practice during the autumn hunting season within the parameters of the law, and respecting the list of huntable species", said Joseph Mangion, BirdLife Malta's President

THEN Birdlife said on 11 October 2003, that while it disagrees outright with all the concessions that the government won for hunters in its EU negotiations, the Society expects the government at least to implement what it negotiated, namely:
1. to allow hunting in spring of turtle dove and quail ONLY.

HUH? 'Scuse me!! Why did Birdlife Malta go crying to the EU, lobbying for court proceedings to be initiated against YOUR OWN country, about an agreement you were aware of, accepted and recognized? And so buddy-buddy with CABS, whose ultimate aim is to abolish ALL hunting.....not to mention the misinformation, the sensationalising, the exaggerating and the anti-hunter anti-MALTA propaganda spread in our schools, in the media, and most especially the venom and spite on the internet.

But then, what do your foreign superiors care?

Sylvana Zarb Darmanin

Sep 10th 2009, 19:06

BirdLife Malta!! Come on, be truthful for once and admit that the ECJ Ruling is not welcomed by you!! The ECJ has confirmed that the autumn hunting season is NO ALTERNATIVE TO THE SPRING HUNTING SEASON. Furthermore, it has acknowledged that the turtle-dove and quail are listed in the ‘least concern’ category. So what exactly are you happy about?! Please enlighten us. While at it, you might decide to finally put our minds at rest that your friends from CABS are not being armed against our Maltese hunters.

Anthony Roberts

Sep 10th 2009, 18:32

Brilliant news!

John Abela

Sep 10th 2009, 17:28

It's clear, isn't it? A good win for FKNK in the European Court where it has argued that quail and turtledoves can be hunted in Malta in spring asccording to the Birds Directive because they're not endangered and there is no real alternative in any other season.
BirdLife should now act gentlemanly and stop its campaign against spring hunting as this has been approved by none other than the European Court of Justice.

Mary Gatt

Sep 10th 2009, 17:15

BirdLife International yesterday declared that it will abide by the European Court's ruling.

The Court's ruling is that hunting of quail and turtledove in Malta can be done in spring because there is no other alternative in autumn and they are not endangered species.

This clearly allows spring hunting in Malta.

Will BirdLife Malta abide by the BirdLife International's commitment?

lgalea

Sep 10th 2009, 17:06

All those who have been negatively effected get together to leave the eu. Remember those eu petty dictators are destroying everything we had built up through great sacrifices and is inundating us with illegal immigrants and foreign workers and settlers.

Kevin Galea

Sep 10th 2009, 16:04

Now the ball is in the PN and Gonzi's feet. Let's see them giving us what they promised in writing, otherwise it will be in everyone's face who really wants to ban spring hunting.

Dear Prime Minister - Have courage and do what you promised us... Apply for a Derogate - today not a few days before the next election.

@Birdlife Malta... Be smart and don't lie anymore. EU is telling everyone that Turtle Doves and Quails are NOT endangered species - something that you already knew.

Anthiny A, Mifsud

Sep 10th 2009, 15:58

Johnny Xerri , It's simple mate, they just bosted about derogations and most of the FKNK Hunters took the bait and ran.
Now we are ( They ) licking our wounds.
Let's hope that there is some one with enough back bone to get what ever is ours back.
No wonder BLM are sitting pritty

Tony

Francis Buhagiar

Sep 10th 2009, 15:51

Few minutes ago I was listening to the TG2 RAI. news and I heard the announcer talking about the woods that caught fire in Liguria. It is estimated that about five to ten thousand birds, five million insects and two hundred thousand mammals have died.
This is where the Italian CUBS should be not bullying the Maltese hunters and trappers.
What will Birdlife Malta say about this massacre? Or every thing that happens abroad is perfectly all right to you.

Ernest Vella

Sep 10th 2009, 15:31

This is just racism against Malta, for other countries still can go hunting in spring...politicians must be ashamed of themselves....for me politicians lost their credibilty not because I'm in favour of hunting....I'm neither am one of them....but this is unfair aganst Malta....will birdlife fight to end spring hunting in other EU Countries...in my opinion spring hunting must have been banned from Malta only when in all EU countries the same law is taking place....we are good for illegal immigrants but than EU plays the bully side when come on hunting....disguting....or everyone or no one

nittama li Gonzi ma kollux il-wicc jidher iktar jitlob il-vot....jaqqqqq

Angelo Degabriele

Sep 10th 2009, 15:24

BirdLife has had one of its worst days in the European arena today.
The ECJ's judgment today has made it very clear that:
hunting can be done in spring in Malta for quail and turtle doves because
they are not endangered species and
autumn is not a good enough alternative.
This flies in the face of what BirdLife has been drumming into people's minds for years now.
The ECJ's decision goes only against the length of the spring season.
The Maltese government is now authorised to open a shorter spring season.
The ball is now squarely in the government's court.

Johnny Xerri

Sep 10th 2009, 15:07

If we have every right to enjoy autumn hunting then please explain why:

1. Autumn migration starts by mid-august but the season opens only on the beginning of September.

2. After such a blow (considering the pre-election and pre-referendum promises and guarantees) hunting is being restricted in Xghara l Hamra. It is free of hunters from 1 February till the beginning of September that’s 7 months, so after all that was taken cannot at lest the hunters enjoy at least part of it without restrictions?

3. Why is hunting at sea banned? I consider the option of going out at sea on a 9.9hp for distance of 3miles as a ban.

4. Why is it that we cannot hunt during September after 3pm (from the 15th till the 30th) when even the EU recognizes that autumn is much much less in terms of bag size?

5. Why is it that nobody spoke out before the referendum but now everybody is speaking out? Didnt birds reproduce during spring before the referendum?

6. Why is it that in Finland, UK, Spain(just mentioning the few I know of) spring hunt still takes place?

Some enlightenment plz