FKNK Council officers acquitted

Maria Grima

Nov 19th 2009, 23:11

Now ,It's clear more then ever that this was just another perfect example of birdlife 'Malta ' ,clear determination of carrying on with their own business ,no matter what it takes!Now who should pay for the wasted expenses on this case; due to birdlife 'Malta's' accusations???

M. Cardona

Nov 18th 2009, 23:18

BirdLife Malta this was purely vindictive and a clear demonstration of your disposition to confrontation. Your radical campaigning is evermore isolating the possibility of ever reaching a compromise. In my humble opinion you have been given repeated opportunities to come clean of your record such as with the ECJ sentence of Sept 09 clearly decreeing that Autumn is not a satisfactory alternative to spring hunting of turtle dove and quail, the current attempt by FHC to employ wardens, the current FHC proposals of compensatory measures and the list goes on.

It is also my humble opinion that the two organisations could achieve so much together to the real benefit of the environment. And yet, just like the illegal hunter you condemn, who shoots at birds indiscriminately, you likewise continue to shoot down FHC's reconciliatory proposals indiscriminately. Unfortunately you are becoming increasingly more extremist by the day and thereby keep cornering your own selves from any plausible ends!

BLM there are extremists in both camps of this debate. FHC is seeking to redress those in its camp. YOU?

J Farrugia

Nov 18th 2009, 22:28

The fault is in the laps of those police officers who prosecuted the FKNK. So why not take all expenses incurred from their own pockets, so that next time someone orders them to prosecute, they turn the tables on whoever, without any title or law, requested such prosecution.

John Matthews

Nov 18th 2009, 22:27

Although I thoroughly disagree with Birdlife's tactics, perhaps they should take the advice of Andrew Gatt. Get rid of your foreign advisors and, although as said, I disagree with Birdlife's tactics, at least with the saving of "foreigners" salaries they can at least employ MALTESE citizens.

Joe Camilleri

Nov 18th 2009, 19:20

I bet that now this is BLM's next flop :

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090226/local/birdlife-files-judicial-protest-against-mepa

r sammut

Nov 18th 2009, 18:48

Had it ever crossed anybody’s mind that any self proclaimed bird lover would ever complain about the release of wild birds? Well that exactly what happened when BirdLife Malta ruffled feathers and took FKNK to court over such matters! Only to have the case thrown out! What’s next to being expected to lie under BirdLife’s sleeve?

m farrugia

Nov 18th 2009, 18:09

BLM you have just shoot yourself in the foot again. Why don't you report your members who ring and release these birds first.
Are you going to pay for the court expenses since you go all to thousands of Euros from EU ?

MARK MIFSUD BONNICI

Nov 18th 2009, 17:06

After a deceitful campaign to ban trapping that earned Birdlife Malta 175,000 euro of EU money in order to educate trappers, the same Birdlife takes the TRAPPER'S REPRESENTATIVES to court for releasing birds back into the wild.

WHAT COULD BE MORE COMICAL THEN THIS!!!!!

Do Birdlife think they have a God given right to the birds that visit Malta. When these birds were caught and released their capture was perfectly legal. It has only become illegal because they deceitfully convinced government and the EU that trapping in Malta has to be stopped.

Time will prove how false all their statements to this respect truly are. Just as it proved how false and deceptive all their claims about spring hunting really were.

Keep up this vile attitude BLM you cannot do hunters and trappers a better service.

David Borg Cardona

Nov 18th 2009, 15:45

@ BLM...

Another one of your slimey tactics / cheap stunts which has backfired.. I wonder which one will be next ?? Day after day, you show us that bird protection is the last point on your ruthless agenda !!!! As Andrew Gatt correctly put it.. then you expect us hunters to co-operate with you lot.... keep on dreaming..

kevin francica

Nov 18th 2009, 15:11

So Bird Life Malta reported FKNK because the latter RELEASED birds legally caught by trappers back into the wild. I wonder what's next!!!

Andrew Gatt

Nov 18th 2009, 15:10

What a cheap, spiteful and vindictive stunt by Birdlife Malta. Wasting the Police's and the Law Courts time and money to prosecute FKNK for FREEING LEGITIMATELY CAUGHT BIRDS?

Birdlife, sack your foreign executives. They are only after confrontation, agitation and abolition and will do ANYTHING to justify their salaries and their existence. Having suffered a huge setback in the recent ECJ case, we wonder what else they will resort to.

Disgusting. And these are the people the anti-hunting-and-trapping brigade want us to co-operate with? Yeah, right.

Joe Camilleri

Nov 18th 2009, 15:05

Are BLM going to pay for the court expenses ???

Antoine Grima

Nov 18th 2009, 14:38

BLM proven wrong again

Michael Seychell

Nov 18th 2009, 14:32

I am not a hunter and it is not the first tiome that I commented negatively on hunting/trapping,
however I am pleased that the FKNK has won this case.

I never understood why BirdLife Malta reported this case to the police, and why this was referred tto the courts. As far as I ringing of birtds is also done by BirdLife itself, when after taking care of injured birds they let these marked birds free.

In my humble opinion BirdLLife must change its attitude of wanting at all cost to stop all hunting and trapping in Malta. We should be thankful that FKNK has during these last months shown some change of heart and are acting more responsibly.

My only suggeation to the genuine hunters is that they must know most, if not all, those who practice illegal hunting, and therefore the FKNK should not only suspennd or stop the membership of such hunters, but should also co-operate with the poplice when investigating such crimes.

Afterall parents are k nown of reporting their children on finding that these are taking drugs, and this they do knowling it is in the interesat of their own family members.

Michael Seychell
Tal-Pieta

J Farrugia

Nov 18th 2009, 14:24

birdlife is taking thsi crusade too far. Beware of backlashes and boomerangs. It's the birds who will pay the price and not BL Malta.