The hunters federation (FKNK) has again warned hunters that that, now more than ever, it would adopt zero tolerance measures with any of its members who might persist with illegal hunting.

"Further to the sentence handed down by the European Court of Justice on the 10th September 2009, the Federation for Hunting & Conservation - Malta (FKNK) firmly warns all hunters and trappers that, now more than ever, it will adopt zero tolerance measures with any of its members who might persist with illegal hunting acts," the federation said.

"The FKNK will not put up with anything that might again ever jeopardise the traditional Maltese socio-cultural passion of spring hunting."

It also appealed to the three other hunters' and trappers' associations to adopt similar harsh measures with their members, and that they should never accept any hunter as member who may have had his membership revoked by another association or by the Federation for having been convicted of a hunting/trapping related offence.