BirdLife brands objections to afternoon hunting ban as 'hypocritical'

Sylvana Zarb Darmanin

Jul 20th 2010, 12:00

B Mallia, what a warped line of thought!! FKNK defends the rights of the law-abiding hunters! These are the ones being unjustly punished by this ban! Therefore FKNK indeed have "grounds to complain".

B Mallia

Jul 20th 2010, 00:59

The truth is that if the ban in the afternoon is useless because poachers would kill the birds of prey anyway at night or in the morning, then FKNK should have no grounds to complain.

Then so be it.

Joe Camilleri

Jul 19th 2010, 20:53

The usual BLA BLA BLA from BLM.

Actually they should change their name from BLM to BLA. It suites both their name and their articles. 'A' will stand for 'Aliens' as they are managed by non Maltese and the BLA abbriviation will stand for their nonsense writings.

Sylvana Zarb Darmanin

Jul 19th 2010, 19:57

BLM, since you try to put the blame of poachers on FKNK am I to put the blame of certain irresponsible individuals from YOUR side who act abusively, on BLM? Am I to expect that you must ensure that these antis do not act in an illegal manner? Is the Govt expected to enforce a ban on BLM literature because someone is abusing of it? Will you be naming and shaming these irresponsible individuals? Dr Raine, I hope you will not evade this questions as you normally do!! J (Jasmine) Borg, still not bored with your stale arguments?!!! "one thousand hunters" my foot!! There are over 11,000 hunters dear! Like it or not, you have to share the public countryside with them while refraining from trespassing onto private property. As already suggested, try taking your kids to the many Nature Reserves run by BLM - obviously Sundays only!!

Anthony A. Mifsud

Jul 19th 2010, 16:59

BLM, now that the Oil Sill has subsided, why don't you send a bus load of your CABS and start doning some field cleaning, that will get you some brownie pionts.
This hypocrisy will get you nowhere, halluna bil kwiet.
Tony

J. Borg

Jul 19th 2010, 15:31

My "hooby" is to take my kids out for an outing in the countryside....in a safe and peaceful environment.

Spineless politicians are factually treating me and everyone else that shares such "hobby" as second-class citizens since we have only been allocated Sundays afternoons - practically 4 HOURS/WEEK during Autumn - when all Malta is allowed to venture in countryside free from gun weilding hunters - and this, so that a thousand hunters can sow lead and kill birds throughout the countryside.

Apparently the "hobby" of peacefully and safely enjoying the countryside, and the health of all the population, is considered secondary to the lust to kill and taste-buds of one thousand hunters - by our sickening political class!

Solution - Restrict hunting to a few demarcated areas, on a roster basis, enabling that such areas and hunting are effectively marshalled and thus freeing the rest of the countryside whilst also protecting our soil.

s.micallef

Jul 19th 2010, 15:07

"BirdLife Malta said birdwatchers attending the Raptor Camp locate the resting locations of the birds in the evening and together with the police keep an early watch in the morning to ensure the birds’ safe departure."
IF you manage to protect the birds in the morning how it is that in the evening you cant protect them?Just an other non based invention of birdlies to eradicate hunting from malta!!

M. Cardona

Jul 19th 2010, 15:03

Hypocrisy itself talking about being hypocritical!

I'm sure BLM will find this highly enlightening

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypocrisy

r sammut

Jul 19th 2010, 14:31

It seems the word poaching does not figure in other countries’ vocabulary, as no such measures are dreamt of elsewhere! Against implications by BLM about migration of raptors, it is not restricted to those particular hours. For example birds roosting for the night will be seen flying low in the early mornings! So those measures are unlikely to hinder any Rambo from doing his thing! Only the law abiding hunters are being grossly and unfairly insulted by this prohibition.

This is yet another step towards BLM obsession; to eradicate hunting from our Maltese Archipelago! And the powers that be are going out of their way, to ‘presumable’ please such extremists!

C. Borg

Jul 19th 2010, 13:53

Quote: BirdLife said that during an Ornis Committee meeting in February 2009, the FKNK had stated that it would agree to a 15-day ban on hunting in the afternoons between September 15 and September 30. Although unrelated, this was conditional to the government opening the spring hunting season"

Do you know why FKNK said that. Because in spring we had the chance to go and hunt the quail. In September now, the best time for quails we can't go out after work because of this ridiculas ban. If we had spring we could have an other alternative to hunt quails but with this ban, hunters who can't go hunting in the morning because of work they can't enjoy there past time after work.

MARK MIFSUD BONNICI

Jul 19th 2010, 13:42

"BirdLife Malta said birdwatchers attending the Raptor Camp locate the resting locations of the birds in the evening and together with the police keep an early watch in the morning to ensure the birds’ safe departure."

The shooting of any protected species is illegal and punishable by law, Birdlife together with the police "keep an early watch" SO WHY DO LAW ABIDING HUNTERS HAVE TO BE SUBJECTED TO A BAN ON HUNTING IN THE AFTERNOONS?

CLEARLY THE BAN ON HUNTING IS THE PRIME REASON FOR BIRDLIFE'S INSISTANCE SINCE NONE OF THE INFRINGEMEN OF OUR LAWS, NO MATTER HOW RAMPANT, NEVER FACE SUCH DRACONIAN MEASURES.

This ban does not share the approval of the experts on the ORNIS commitee since it was only a conditional concession suggested by FKNK subject to the opening of the spring hunting season which as we all know was yet another PN fiasco.

LAST SEASON GOVERNMENT RIDICULOUSLY SUGGESTED SUSPENDING THE BAN IN ONE AREA OF MALTA AS A TEST FOR HUNTERS? Has Birdlife forgotten this proposition?

J Farrugia

Jul 19th 2010, 13:20

We dont need foreigners to teach us anything about anything in Malta. We dont meddle in your country's affairs, you dont meddle in ours.