Police catch bird trappers after CABS monitoring
Video footage provided by CABS - BirdLife Malta
Four cases of illegal trapping have been filmed since Saturday, and the subsequent police action resulted in the seizure of several large clap nets as well as nine live and two artificial bird decoys, the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) said today.
On Saturday morning a CABS team were alerted to a trapper in St. Thomas' Bay who was attempting to attract protected wader species by means of an illegal bird caller. The police were notified by the team and seized a 40 m long net. Legal proceedings had been launched.
On Monday morning the conservationists discovered an active trapping site near Bahrija, where a trapper was attempting to catch protected Dotterel (Birwina).He was using plastic decoys as well as an electronic device playing Dotterel calls. A video recorded the man trapping and a copy was handed over to the A.L.E. as evidence. The police subsequently searched the site and seized other items for evidence.
CABS said a real cops and robbers chase took place on Tuesday as police raided the site of a song bird trapper near Zurrieq. Following a tip-off from Birdlife Malta a CABS team had filmed the man for hours from a hide, and obtained footage of the man trapping protected larks and pipits.
The man saw the approaching police patrol and took to his heels, scrambling over a high stone wall to make his escape. His flight was however in vain as the police were later able to identify him easily from the CABS film.
A search of the trapping site discovered five live Short-toed Larks (Bilbla) and a Red-throated Pipit (Dizz Ahmar), all of which were seized and later released into the wild. Two of the birds had been caught a very short time before.
CABS praised the rapid reaction of the police but criticised their decision not to confiscate the nets or to search the man's premises for further protected bird species.
CABS spokesperson Axel Hirschfeld said: "Protected birds have been seized at this same trapping site three times already in the past 12 months. The fact that illegal trapping continues here, despite ongoing investigations, demonstrates just how fanatical these trappers are".
A further seizure of protected species was made yesterday afternoon near Ghadira San Raflu (Gozo), where a CABS team filmed a trapper catching waders over a number of hours. Officers from Victoria police station who were called to the scene found the trapper still in his hut and seized his nets as well as three live Dotterel.
The CABS videos will be available for viewing on Youtube in the course of the next days.
In addition to checks of trapping sites CABS teams have also observed and reported numerous cases of illegal hunting and have found several shot birds including a Kestrel (Spanjulett) and a Nightjar (Buqrajq). This morning the conservationists said they were appalled to witness the killing of two Honey Buzzards (Kuccarda) and a protected wader species being shot at south of Girgenti valley.
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A Sammut
Sep 19th 2010, 22:55
WELL DONE CABS and WELL DONE Police Force !! Hard evidence that the likes of Johnny Xerri and Ms Zarb Darmanin cannot possibly deny . . . . and this is just the tip of the iceberg. Hundreds of hunting regulations are broken EVERY SINGLE DAY all over the small island of Malta. These people don't want to listen, they don't want to learn, they just want to do what they want without any rules and regulations, they are selfish and they are ignorant. So now they are calling the CABS "indhil barrani" hehehe yes yes may we have more and more "indhil barrani" like this so that maybe one day these hard-headed criminals will be forcefully stopped from destroying nature whilst breaking the law. GO CABS GO !!
D Gatt
Sep 19th 2010, 19:10
Well done! Keep bringing these selfish idiots in and slap them with a hefty fine so they'll maybe learn someday. A very BIG MAYBE however.
Chris Grillo
Sep 18th 2010, 05:13
I hate the 'Destruction of little creatures' with a passion, but I have to say this.
1. The hunters MUST have their season. Despite my misgivings, we cannot simply eradicate overnight what has been a long-standing Maltese tradition. (I re-iterate..I hate hunting!)
2.Poachers, as long as it is in jail, can also have their seasons.(60% of hunters can't resist shooting anything, it's a fact!)..
3. We birdwatchers and nature lovers must also be allowed to enjoy our pastime in peace.
Hunting is no longer a necessity, it's a sport, and killing God's creatures for some fuzzy little reason just doesn't even seem right...or sane!
Somebody wrote that it is only a few out of many millions...well there are more than 500million cars in the EU...what if I stole only one teensy weensy Mini Cooper...still illegal.(Darnit!)
Respect and teaching of lessons is what we need. For better or for worse, CABS are doing what we Maltese have no ba**s to do!
I wonder what FKNK's reaction will be to this. I expect it will be to side with the police...at least to be coherent with their anti-poaching views.
Johnny Xerri
Sep 18th 2010, 22:18
1. Hunters must have their seasons, not because an ancient tradition cannot be stopped overnight, but simply because hunters cannot be denied of their right to enjoy hunting like the rest of the EU and world-wide hunters.
2."(60% of hunters can't resist shooting anything, it's a fact!).." any statistics to back your 'scientific' claim??
3. "We birdwatchers and nature lovers must also be allowed to enjoy our pastime in peace." Well that is why there are over 30 nature reserves in tiny Malta, plus; 50m from roads, 200m from inhabitted areas, 50 meters from some beaches, all cemetries and public gardens.
4."Hunting is no longer a necessity, it's a sport, and killing God's creatures for some fuzzy little reason just doesn't even seem right...or sane!"
Hunting is neccessary more than ever in todays world. Have you ever been in a farm, with all the artificial feed, growth hormones & antibiotics that animals are given no wonder that some diseases have increased. Moreover, I wonder what is more humane, simply dispatching a game bird, or rearing an animal in extreem conditions (like small cages, arificial lights so that animals feed for 24 hrs +++).
Mario Tabone
Sep 19th 2010, 10:27
So finally Johnny Xerri admits that it is cruel keeping birds in little cages !!!!!!
So why do trappers persist in keeping songbirds in shoebox size cages , seen stacked on top of each other to use as bird callers in the video below.
This man, amongst one or two others champions the rights of hunters and is always quoting bits from EU laws and all sorts of different web pages, all to suit his arguments of course !!!
Now he is trying to tell us that hunters are doing us a favour by blasting birds out of the sky because of the artificial feeds and hormones etc etc used on farms.
Try pulling the other one Mr Xerri.
While hunting as you say cannot be banned altogether (at this moment) there are plenty of other restrictions that can be imposed . It all takes time and it takes courage from parliamentarians to do what is right. Trust me Mr Xerri, through your own (hunters) actions you have turned the majority of people against you . They have seen the hypocrisy and lies dished out by so called hunters on these islands.The noose gets tighter everyday !!!!
Johnny Xerri
Sep 19th 2010, 11:44
Mario so its ok to keep chicken feed with high fat and protein feed, given all sorts of suppliments, supplied with artificial light for 24hrs a day, transport them in cages in which they cannot stretch their wings, slaughter them and eat them? But its not ok to kill a birds that has lived free from this cruelty and eat them?
Moreover trappers do not keep all their birds in tiny cages, they are kept in aviaries just like pet birds such as canaries and buggies. They are only kept in cages during the trapping season. Trappers also do not take all their birds with them but a few decoy birds. The law also stipulates minimum sizes of these cages in which the bird must have enough space to strech its wings. Hunters do not keep any birds in cages.
I hunt frequently at least twice a year abroad, and have hunted in; Spain, UK, Italy, Egypt and Argentina, and I can assure you that Malta has much more regulations than warrented by the birds directive. For expample the; afternoon ban (on Sundays, Public Holidays and during September), size of lead pellets, number of huntable game species, hunting methods.
Cont....
Johnny Xerri
Sep 19th 2010, 11:50
cont...
They have seen the hypocrisy and lies dished out by so called hunters on these islands.
Yep just as much as the ECJ has seen through the lies dished out by BLM!!! The ECJ did not even have a look at their observations but relied on the data provided by hunters. The ECJ dod not even take note of the autumn alternative, but ruled that in principle Malta has a right to derogate since autumn as claimed by BLM is not an alternative.
The noose gets tighter everyday !!!!
Yep that's why the ECJ and EU Commission found no problem with this years spring hunting. Implying that at least we will start having a limited season and at most we will have the 3 weeks as suggested by Ornis Commitee Malta.
"While hunting as you say cannot be banned altogether (at this moment) there are plenty of other restrictions that can be imposed . It all takes time and it takes courage from parliamentarians to do what is right."
They can try, but they cannot do much since autumn/winter hunting cannot be banned as previously explain. Of course it takes courage...in order to break EU legislation regards minority groups.
Chris Grillo
Sep 19th 2010, 21:12
Thanks for replying....
1. Of course. Except you might have realised that not everyone is equal in the EU. Divorce is allowed in UK, but not in Malta. Don't put it in your head that you 'should have access to this err..sport'
2. It's not scientific. It is what I hear hunters talk about all the flipping time. Never had any desire to blast that stork to kingdom come? Can I not believe you? I have many friends and from all the hunters among them, 60% would happily take the chance.
3. Not too long ago, I brushed pellets from the roof of my car in an industrial estate. So ba**s!
4. I am afraid I can't say..you see, I am against that too mate.
What is most amazing is that you all do not realise that the poulation perception is well against the hunters. Practically all my uncles and both grandfathers are (were) hunters, addicts, going to any lengths...and all their (young)children are against them.
And the population's perception (not only me) is that most of the hunters would COMFORTABLY fit into the poacher bracket. As always, my own humble thoughts. Peace.
J. Borg
Sep 19th 2010, 21:58
& Johnny Xerri
1. Other countries can afford hunting simply because they are much larger – thus anyone can also enjoy the countryside in peace and safety (no like here)
2. Consider the % of your ilk that attack CABS and BLM, notwithstanding they are effectively seeking to control the illegalities, which for years have been denied and/or excused by FKNK.
3. How many reach the reserves? Some were even shot inside! ; And do you honestly believe that birds are going to stay within the supposedly safe distances, when gunshots blasts are audible close by?.
4. Simple….go organic and/or grow your own food – you’ll be making good use of the fields you currently use for hunting and lead showering stunts.
Lastly – pls note the subject matter was hunting abuses CLEARLY DOCUMENTED now…..it is respectfully naïve to strive to divert attention to CABS/BLM’s thankless initiatives and some hunters/trappers vice.....which FKNK and fellow supposedly law-abiding hunters turned blind eyes to for years on end!
Johnny Xerri
Sep 20th 2010, 21:31
@ Chris Grillo,
Re the divorce. UK & Malta.....I am sort to break the news to you but there is no comparism...since Malta never had divorce....whilst hunting has always been practiced...banning hunting would be taking something away from hunters...this would be illegal for reasons I have explained many times....I did not envisage or imagine this...I have confirmed documentaion from EU institutions who confirmed that although that spring hunting is subject to a well applied derogation...autumn and winter hunting can never ever be banned. If you forwad me your email I can send you this expert EU opinion (not my opinion, but an EU environment and an EU fundamental rights expert, who work in the EU commission)
Johnny Xerri
Sep 20th 2010, 21:33
@ J Borg since your comments have been previously answered I will not bothered...I am too busy...maybe I will reply at the end of January...untill then happy bla bla bla
anthony mangion
Sep 18th 2010, 00:17
jekk mhux indhil barrani ma nafx xhinu.U l maltien jiffirhu
JOE BRINCAT
Sep 19th 2010, 17:47
jalla jomplu jindahlu sa ma jinqered dan is-suppost delizzju qerried!!!! nahseb li ghadek ma indunajtx li id-dinja inbidlet minn meta f'Malta kellna dik il-kretina prima tal-ligi dwar l-indil barrani!!! WAKEY WAKEY
ANTHONY MANGION
Sep 17th 2010, 23:14
I agree with you 100 per cent.what will we say if there was someone and decieds that we should be watched and reported to police for other offencies and some one comes from abroad to report to the police. i see this as foriegn interfiranceand very dangerous. But then again we where always lickers to foriegners
Janine Val
Sep 17th 2010, 21:39
There is every day an article about the crime of bird killing in the newspapers. Anyone who who can read knows that killing birds is illegal. And anyone who has a brain knows it anyway. There is no further need of warning before filming. I don't know why the gvern doesn't stopp the unnessesary bird hunting.
Johnny Xerri
Sep 18th 2010, 22:07
Please be informed that hunting or as you prefer 'bird killing' is allowed on game species (32 in autumn, 2 in spring, and one i.e. the rabbit as from 1st june till 31st Dec).
Only poaching is not allowed.
"And anyone who has a brain knows it anyway"
By the way joyriding and shoplifting are illegal, but warning of cameras have to be in place otherwise the filming or speedcamera shots cannot be used in court.
"I don't know why the gvern doesn't stopp the unnessesary bird hunting."
Simply because Maltese hunters have a right to hunt like all the hunters in the rest of the world. Or maybe you believe that hunting is practiced only in Malta? Again please inform yourself before posting comments, since hunting is allowed in all EU-27 member states and allover the world.
Johnny Xerri
Sep 17th 2010, 20:34
What I find amussing is that poachers, robbers and joydrivers are threated differently!
Joydrivers are warned that speed cameras are in place.
Robbers are warned when CCTVs are in shops and banks.
Yet anybody can film poachers.
Irrespective of whether one is pro or anti hunting, what is relevent is that some criminals are privellaged over other criminals. Is this right...morally surely not since in the eyes of the law all people should be threated equally...legally doubt that filming poachers is allowable...since if it was we would not need CCTV warnings and speed camera warnings.
Mario Tabone
Sep 17th 2010, 21:38
Ooopssss....more evidence against the trappers and hunters who we are told never ever do anything against the law !!!!!
Johnny Xerri now tries to compare these criminals with joyriders and robbers !!!! Even though I don't agree with you Mr Xerri , I always thought you were a bit more sensible than to write such rubbish.
Why can't you just accept the fact that CABS and BIRDLIFE are doing a brilliant job and they have once again come up with evidence and discredited all the lies and hype that generally comes over these pages by pro hunters including your good self.
The sooner that laws are amended to include harsher penalties, confiscation of equipment and a total ban on this disgraceful pastime of yours the better.
M.cachia
Sep 17th 2010, 23:23
Err.... this very paper had an article about CABs and that they were coming. I think that is sufficient warning.
Timothy Cachia
Sep 18th 2010, 07:06
The speed cameras aren't just there to fine people, they're there so that people will drive slower and be safer in the process. They are normally put into problem areas such as large busy intersections, where people should be more careful because it's accident-prone. This is exactly what they want when they install these cameras, it's not just for ticketing/money purposes.
Bird trappers are usually found in non inhabited areas, and we surely cannot have monitoring cameras in every corner of the country. I praise CABS for voluntarily using their own free time to stop this sensless hunting and trapping.
There is surely nothing wrong in filiming people who break the law!!! There are no privelages here... if you are breaking the law... you have given up on any form of privelages!!!!
W Spencer
Sep 18th 2010, 11:30
Be reassured, that after reading all the comments, they have NOW been warned that THEY are being watched, the same as car drivers and shoppers ! Fair enough ?
M.Gatt
Sep 18th 2010, 15:00
''Good to hear that someone was caught. I can only express joy when a poacher is caught''
Two posts later you're telling us how unfair it is that poachers are not warned they're being filmed.
Johnny Xerri
Sep 18th 2010, 21:56
No I do not believe that it is unfair, but I believe that either the notices of speed cameras and CCTVs are removed or else notices must also be issued to paochers.
If I had a choice I would not warn the poachers, but I would also not warn the joydrivers and shop lifters.
All criminals should be treated the same...unless the law is biased.
@ Mario Tabone,
As I have previously explained total ban is a fantasy that cannot materialise for this would equate to presecution of a minority group, oppression of culture, discrimination of resource utilisation, since hunting is practiced world-wide and by all EU member states.
"Johnny Xerri now tries to compare these criminals with joyriders and robbers !!!! "
Yes that is what I compare them to since they are scum and do not belong with law abiding hunters. They are nothing better than criminals. Hunting is about preserving habitats, enticing or tracking game, dispatching the game humanely, preparing and cooking the game. Hunting is not about killing protected species and breaking the law, thats poaching.
Johnny Xerri
Sep 18th 2010, 22:00
M Gatt I do not think that it is unfair that poachers are filmed without warning, I believe that it is unfair that robbers and joydrivers are warned.
All criminals should be threated the same, either all should be warned or all should not be warned of cameras and CCTVs. I believe, that none should be warned. But what is unacceptable is that some criminals have the privilage of being warned whilst others do not. I believe that the law should be applied and enforced in the same manner, no matter the crime and the criminal involved.
And yes I will say it again, the more poachers we get rid of the better, not only for hunters but for everybody
Edward Camilleri
Sep 17th 2010, 19:24
Well done to CABS, Birdlife & the police. Together you can make a difference. I hope now the court also gives its own weight to stop those stubborn individuals that are still trapping or hunting illegally, despite several warnings, from doing these illegal acts again.
Jason Borg
Sep 17th 2010, 17:44
It would be wonderful should CABS can come back at the peak of the Golden Plover trapping season, when illegal bird callers blast our countryside for days on end. Fiddien and Misrah Suffara are just 2 places where these callers are used with impunity.
Jason Borg
Sep 17th 2010, 16:56
Mhux ta' b'xejn dal-odju kollu kontra l-CABS! Hawn min il-ħmieg irid jipprotegih.
David Zammit
Sep 17th 2010, 16:10
So this is why FKNK does not like CABS!!! So much for zero tolerance!
J Borg
Sep 17th 2010, 15:41
Is there a telephone number for the public report such illegal activity?? Last year I happen to witness bird trapping at Ta Cenc Gozo but did not have a number to report such activity. Police numbers are useless. I have reported cases of illegal hunting to the police but was all in vain.
Tony Caruana
Sep 17th 2010, 15:14
'' a CABS team filmed a trapper catching waders over a number of hours. Officers from Victoria police station who were called to the scene found the trapper still in his hut and seized his nets as well as three live Dotterel.''
So he was catching waders for a number of hours and yet the police only found 3 live dotterel !!
German Propoganda at it's best.
C. Abela
Sep 17th 2010, 14:33
Well done CABS and BLM! Please keep up the good work. We have too many people in Malta who 'jaghmlu li jridu' and the hunting/trapping scene is full of such individuals. Its always refreshing to see such selfish individuals getting caught.
@NFarrugia
If a thief stole your car stereo and the police caught him because someone managed to follow him and video him, would you be complaining about that person 'spying and intruding' on a local citizen?
Ray Mangion
Sep 17th 2010, 14:06
I find it quite hard to believe that bird trappers and hunters are biding by the rules. There may be a few who do just that and well done to them, but the majority of these people will not kick the habit and are ready to take risks and break the law. I would say that trapping and hunting is still rife. I cannot image a hunter who has a kuccarda in sight and close enough, will not be trigger happy until he brings it down. If not him, many others in the vicinity will do. The only solution to bird trapping and hunting is to make it totally illegal, take away all guns and licenses and trapping material. I still get woken up every morning by hunters in Zurrieq, and that is only one area of Malta.
Johnny Xerri
Sep 17th 2010, 18:23
Sorry to disappoint you but I have written confirmation from the EU (environment commission and institute for human rights) that hunting in Autumn and Winter cannot be banned, since it is practiced all over the EU and a ban would equal to persecution of a minority group, oppression of culture and denial of equal rights to the Eurpoean resources (since birds are hunted in all europe). As for collecting the shotguns, please be aware that shotguns are legally possessed, with import duty, registration, licences and everything in order, so unless used in a crime they cannot be collected as that would amount to stealing. Again something that is not allowed by UN conventions. Moreover, shotguns are also used for clay shooting, a sport that is amongst the few that brings medals to tiny Malta, a sport that many enjoy on a Sunday afternoon or during the closed season. Think before you write and do not write before you think, for your extrimist comments belong to the long lost dictatorship era, and are nothing but comic relief.
Timothy Cachia
Sep 18th 2010, 07:07
The problem is not hunting...but the actual hunting of protected species.
Manwel Borg
Sep 17th 2010, 13:47
Re. catching the short-toed-lark trapper, CABS are to be congratulated for wasting the time of our police.
The following is what the IUCN website has to say about the population of the short-toed lark:
"In Europe, the breeding population is estimated to number 7300000-14000000 breeding pairs, equating to 21900000-42000000 individuals (BirdLife International 2004). Europe forms 5-24% of the global range, so a very preliminary estimate of the global population size is 91300000-840000000 individuals, although further validation of this estimate is needed. " So congratulations once more for succeeding in getting the police to waste their time on stupid nonsense.
Let's hope that the persecution and prosecution of this 'fanatic' trapper does not make him do something more criminal than catching a dozen or so larks out of a global population of c 840 MILLION !!!!
j.zammit
Sep 17th 2010, 15:04
Illegal is illegal... no mater how small the offence is.
With your kind of thinking one might decide to steal your car and the police can say hey... its only one in 300,000.
Joseph Stalin once said... "one death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic"
Are you a hard line communist?
M Mifsud
Sep 17th 2010, 16:06
Storks and raptors pass in their hundreds of thousands from the middle east. Does this tells you that we have to shoot them? Your comment is stupidity at its best. What is illegal is illegal and action has to be taken. Congrats to BLM, CABS and the police force. Keep it up!
Mario Borg
Sep 17th 2010, 16:11
Yes Mr Borg, and thanks to CABS and the police another 5 short-toed larks can rejoin the thriving global population. Keep up the good work guys!
Karl Consiglio
Sep 17th 2010, 13:44
Our Police would have never got round to it without CABS.
P. Camilleri
Sep 17th 2010, 13:30
Well done. Finally something is being done. I really hope that many more cases of illegal trapping are brought to the attention of the police and action is taken to stop them. Moreover, I really hope that justice does its part and they are given a harsh sentence.
Charles Grima
Sep 17th 2010, 13:20
Finally CABS are doing what we Maltese should have done but are too scared to do...take matters in our own hands. Unfortunately we are rather laid-back....but not any more.
Those birds belong to the population of Malta, flying in the wild, not on a dusty mantelpiece, to be ogled over. Protected birds are just that....protected...and these ...well, 'men' is too good a word for these people, should be thought a valuable lesson.
Thank you CABS, you deserve praise.
Franco Farrugia
Sep 17th 2010, 19:41
I agree with you 100%. This should ideally be the work and the monitoring that we do. But since we don't have the guts or the will to do it, we have to accept outsiders to do it for us and quite rightly. And believe me, this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Johnny Xerri
Sep 19th 2010, 10:09
The tip of the iceberg?
Same as the tip of the iceberg shown by someone commenting that he would teach the warden a lesson without police or MUT intervention?
Same as the tip of the iceberg discovered when 3 teachers took sick leave in order to go abroad?
People in glass houses should not throw stones let alone boast that they would throw them. Just in case you forgot we still await an explaination of the thrown stone in you warden vs lsa comment. How would you have though the warden a lesson in good manners Mr. Farrugia? Do yourself and us a favour and refrain from commenting on other people before you comment on your own comment.
Franco Farrugia
Sep 19th 2010, 11:12
@ Johnny Xerri and another like-minded woman: You try, however pathetically, to damage my reputation and my integrity. But it is impossible because I, unlike many people, am impossible to damage! I write against hunting and trapping, and you, Johnny Xerri, and a few others, make it your life's ambition to ridicule me, to paint me in a way that makes out that I have something to hide. I know what your aims are. I know you speak about me. I know my name is mentioned in emails.But it is useless. I can throw as many stones as I want. You know why? Because I do not live in a glasshouse.
Johnny Xerri
Sep 19th 2010, 12:11
What emails, report me to the police and they can check through my ISP if I have ever written emails concerning you. Better still if you have those imaginary emails, hand them over to the police and they can check from where they originated.
Getting paranoid? OOhhh pleeeaaasee officer they are out there speakking about me in their emails...bla bla bla, get some evidence. Like I got, through your comment.
"But it is impossible because I, unlike many people, am impossible to damage! I write against hunting and trapping, and you, Johnny Xerri, and a few others, make it your life's ambition to ridicule me, to paint me in a way that makes out that I have something to hide."
You damaged & ridiculed your self with your statement..or you now deny that you wrote that you would have tackled the warden yourself?
In the mean time tell us how you would have sorted out the warden please, and stop avoiding the question
Franco Farrugia
Sep 19th 2010, 22:03
@ Johnny Xerri: I would have set down with that warden and educated him.
Johnny Xerri
Sep 20th 2010, 21:26
Thanks very credible...especially after having waited so long for an answer...I must say...a good old chat and everthing would be sorted, thank Good we have such eductaors...some of who busy themselves so much that they 'need' to travel abroad during their sick leave.
J Borg
Sep 17th 2010, 13:17
FKNK often claims that the FEW who break the law give a bad reputation to those who abide by it. It seems the other way round. It seems that the MANY who break the law are giving a bad reputation to the few who do!!!! That is why they don't want the 'interferance' of BLM and CABS.
stefan26m@hotmail.com
Sep 17th 2010, 14:55
What many?4 illegal trappers and maybe 10 illegal hunters?As you saw its almost always the same persons that are cought and this is from 13000 hunters and 4000 trappers!
J Borg
Sep 17th 2010, 17:11
Stefan, if they are few, and 'always the same persons', as you say, is it possible that FKNK are NOT AWARE of them?????? How come, than, that FKNK who claim ZERO TOLERANCE does not report them itself, making it necessary for foreigners to do the job for us?
Johnny Xerri
Sep 17th 2010, 13:12
Good to hear that someone was caught. I can only express joy when a poacher is caught. Less poaches = less damage to hunters
Simply shows that no matter how many bans and curfews are in place poachers are still out there at the detriment of birdlovers, law abiding hunters, and the general public.
BLM, CABS and the antis should not go for bans but for better regualtions. This afternoon ban will simply further burden the police force who would normally target simple poachers and now might have to also target hunters shooting perfectly legal game birds such as quail & turtle doves.
When will the day come in which, hunters get the seasons they deserve, poachers get the court punishment they deserve, and all (including BLM) will be happy
Michael Vella
Sep 17th 2010, 13:32
I agree with you 100%
r curmi
Sep 17th 2010, 14:15
agree with u and im an anti
Johnny Xerri
Sep 17th 2010, 13:12
Good to hear that someone was caught. I can only express joy when a poacher is caught. Less poaches = less damage to hunters
Simply shows that no matter how many bans and curfews are in place poachers are still out there at the detriment of birdlovers, law abiding hunters, and the general public.
BLM, CABS and the antis should not go for bans but for better regualtions. This afternoon ban will simply further burden the police force who would normally target simple poachers and now might have to also target hunters shooting perfectly legal game birds such as quail & turtle doves.
When will the day come in which, hunters get the seasons they deserve, poachers get the court punishment they deserve, and all (including BLM) will be happy
N.Farrugia
Sep 17th 2010, 13:01
I am defintely not a hunter or a trapper but honestly I find this Cabs attitude very funny and at the same time dangerous.Can they tell me in which part of the world do we find foreign intruders spying and pestering local people? They should be stopped immediately because they are instigating trouble. They should return to their countries to spy on obsene episodes against fellow humans. This is abound in their countries and they would have a field day reporting these barbaric acts by their fellow citizens
CZARB
Sep 17th 2010, 13:21
I don't think that Xenophobia should stop CABs from doing the sterling job their doing.
Daniel Gordon
Sep 17th 2010, 13:27
Your comments are a no brainer.
Quote: " foreign intruders spying and pestering local people? They should be stopped immediately because they are instigating trouble."
Local people performing illeagal acts need to be "spied" on. If they did not perform such illeagal acts there would be no trouble, would there?
Do you really think that ALL members of these organisations are foreign?
Do you not understand that there are many many Maltese who are disgusted with the trapping and hunting (illeagal or not) that goes on?
What I do not understand, is what do these trappers do with the birds they catch? Are they simply killed? Eaten? Stuffed and mounted? kept in cages? Any info welcome.
And well done to all concerned.
J Simpson
Sep 17th 2010, 13:56
In lots of foreign countries these things happen a lot!!!!!!!! It is not spying, it is catching illegal activity!!! Have you ever saw the Italian programme "Le Iene"? And that is an imitation of a Spanish programme
frank grech
Sep 17th 2010, 13:00
Quite recently, we saw a spate of letters, in the Times. from local hunting organizations, condemning hysterically the presence of CABS, in Malta. Now, we now why this hysteria!!!These recent incidents of illegal trapping and hunting are further proof how widespread this problem is in Malta, and the sterling work being done by CABS, and the local police.
Thank you CABS and keep up the good work.
J. Borg
Sep 17th 2010, 12:56
and then CABS gets the stick from FKNK - who profess to be against illegalities?!
G.Pisani
Sep 17th 2010, 12:55
Well done CABS, BLM and even the police... the police should not be afraid of these wannabe rambos, BLM and CABs are not afraid why should the police be?
C.bugeja
Sep 17th 2010, 14:00
well said,maybe the police prefer to give a verbal warning to hunters caught disobeying the law.however cabs have nothing to loose as no one knows them.
Joseph Tonna
Sep 17th 2010, 12:52
Kieku isir aktar xol min-naha tal pulizija anke sewqan illegali jinqabad, karozzi mhumiex inxurjati u jinsaqu fit-triq ....l-illegalita qeda mdawra mana u ftit li xejn qed isir...
azahra
Sep 17th 2010, 14:46
jekk taf b xi haga rraporta siehbi. llum il gurnaqta tista tibqa anonimu cempel 112