Advert

Unregistered boars, 11 goats put down

These wild boars and mountain goats were put down after government vets established they were not legally registered. Photo: Jason Borg

These wild boars and mountain goats were put down after government vets established they were not legally registered. Photo: Jason Borg

The four wild boars and 11 mountain goats confiscated from an illegal scrap yard were put down because they were not registered in terms of the law.

“The animals were a risk because they did not have a medical history and were not registered,” Anthony Gruppetta, Director General of Agriculture and Fisheries Regulation, explained.

They were seized two weeks ago after officers from the Animal Welfare Department raided the illegal scrap yard in Ħal-Farruġ after receiving a number of complaints.

Dr Gruppetta said it was a shame to put down animals but in this case they had no option because leaving the boars alive meant they would have posed a risk to the other farm animals that were registered.

The boars were very big and fierce. One of them even had tusks and was probably a four-year-old male.

Dr Gruppetta said the department could not establish what type of breed the boars were. Nor were they able to find out where they came from.

Once animals are confiscated, they are passed on to the Agriculture and Fisheries Regulation Department, where they are examined by government vets. If these are not registered or tagged, as required by law, then the department has the authority to put them down.

Advert

31 Comments

Post comment

Comments are submitted under the express understanding and condition that the editor may, and is authorised to, disclose any/all of the above personal information to any person or entity requesting the information for the purposes of legal action on grounds that such person or entity is aggrieved by any comment so submitted.

At this time your comment will not be displayed immediately upon posting. Please allow some time for your comment to be moderated before it is displayed.

Your User Profile is incomplete.
Please click here to complete your profile before posting comments.

Joe Portelli

Sep 9th 2010, 23:54

If they really believed these animals posed a health treat, why were ther no PPE , personal protection equipment for the personnell handling them in the picture above? The reason is because they are just being vindictive to anyone that breaks the rules and not truly because the anumals posed a threat - killing these animals and not wearing PPE is ample evidence.

Albert Scerri

Sep 10th 2010, 17:45

They were not being 'vindictive' to the animals. They were not wearing PPEs because that's the way we treat Health and Safety issues in Malta.

AJ.Sant

Sep 8th 2010, 23:27

Reading this article, i think i'll be better off going to such places as Israel and start pig farming, i stand more of a chance i think of succeeding in business, why kill them and not put them to a good use for heaven sake, how small minded Malta can be, all in the name of bureaucracy

Rebecca Camilleri

Sep 8th 2010, 16:09

Totally agree with you... a life is a life, and these poor animals are innocent, the only thing they r guilty of is being cute and found in the wrong hands.. They cannot defend themsleves, so we are meant to do it for them.
Instead the Einsteins decide to go for the easy way out and put them down.. Horrid

s.koludroviic

Sep 8th 2010, 13:14

Yup! it seems that animals have absolutely no rights, only humans seem to have this privilege.

Advert
Advert