55 trees vandalised near Siggiewi

joe micallef

May 6th 2010, 02:54

I hope these people if you can called them people you cant call them animals either because I never seen an animal destroying trees,if caught they should be made to pay for the damage re plant them again themselves and if they don't have any money there assets be taken and send to prison for a long time there is no other way to teach these these low life people,how can you take your anger on a tree they don't have a spine to face who they are angry for.

C.Bonello

May 5th 2010, 22:38

well.well.well....i wish to thank these vandals...and the next time they want to vandilise somewhere, they better vandalise their properties rather than the maltese environment....i'm sry to say, but in these cases these people are showing how ignorant and stupid they are. I hope that justice will be done even though without evidence the police cannot do miracles. The vandalism being done will lead for a bad reputation for Malta amongst tourist...and also its a great drawback for all the projects being done in favour of the environment. what a shame.....I hope that the Siggiewi Local council will act as the Melliha council did.

Eric Camilleri

May 5th 2010, 22:15

http://www.mepa.org.mt/news-details?id=235

Para 7 :
A final schedule lists a number of species, such as the Acacias (Acacia spp., Akacja), the Castor Oil Tree (Ricinus communis, Rignu) and the Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp., Ewkaliptus) which are alien, invasive or incompatible with Maltese biodiversity. It is being proposed that their use should be illegal, and MEPA may order the removal of such trees which are considered to be damaging.

Ronald Zarb

May 5th 2010, 21:56

Fifty five trees chopped down and no one saw or said anything. What a country? What a people?

Karl Consiglio

May 5th 2010, 20:47

The nimrods think it some recipe to have their pathetic hobby back

Joseph Calleja

May 5th 2010, 20:34

What is the idea of vandalizing trees? What does this lowlife and or low lives hope to accomplish by destroying these trees? Hope these people are caught and fined heavily to pay for the damage and the cost of replacing these trees. What is happening going to peaceful Malta? Vandalism and hate is sending nothing but bad vibes to tourists which are vital to Malta's economy. Drugs, hold ups, gang muggings, corruption, illegal immigration, guess we come a long way and not in the right direction. Welcome to Malta. A few years back all that was wrong with Malta was the crazy drivers but now it's just another country like any other. How sad.

D. A. Buhagiar

May 5th 2010, 20:28

Whilst disapproving totally of vandalism, eucalyptus trees are totally inappropriate to Maltese environments as they take up too much precious water. Olea europea (Olive) and Pinus halepensis (Aleppo Pine) were amongst the trees that used to cover Malta, showing adaptations to thrive here on limited water supply. Once again, shame for vandalising trees, we need them so much in Malta, we have too little greenery!!!

Jeff Scicluna

May 5th 2010, 20:28

why do you always blame everything on the hunters? have you ever thought about BLM doing this or CABS to make hunters look even worse? Why would the hunters destroy something that they themselves built or at least help built? if it wasn't for the hunters we wouldn't have all these trees in the first place

Thomas Gatt

May 5th 2010, 20:17

My question is: why?

John C Betts

May 5th 2010, 20:06

Considering that this sort of attack is directly harming the local environment and, indirectly, the health and well-being of the population of the islands, harsh penalties and stronger environmental monitoring and enforcement should be applied with utmost priority, a course of action which should be demanded and strongly supported by both government and the opposition.

Paul Smith

May 5th 2010, 20:01

I am aware there is a lot of crime and violence in the UK, i would attribute a lot of it to drug prohibition and the criminal gangsters it produces hence showing the war on drugs is lost and the only way to cut crime is to look at and change drug policy. Alcohol is also a big contributor and this has to also be looked at closer. I dont see much crime in the UK but then i live in a nice rural area Car theft has dropped since it is so hard to steal modern cars and burglary has gone down down dramatically since it's pretty hard to rob a 42 inch Plasma TV and not be seen these days. I have been reading the TOM for the past 5 years since returning from Malta to the UK, crime seems to have increased dramatically, violent crime seems up, drug crime is out of control and simply unstoppable with current laws, domestic abuse crime seems up, arson is in the news every week and now enviromental crime!

It seems like the gap between rich and poor is greater than anytime as well. cont:

Jesmond Micallef

May 5th 2010, 19:56

What a shame. What a big shame this is.

What not try to do that on a living organism which can defend itself, you primitive freaks, whoever is doing this here.......

G. Tonna

May 5th 2010, 19:50

Well obviously they start chopping down trees now... they are not needed anymore by the hunters.

Do I have a right to say that? Maybe not.... still it's the case until I am being proved wrong...

mick fenech

May 5th 2010, 19:47

just saw the news and filming ......SHOCKING ! its terrible how some ppl act