Injured honey buzzards recovered from bird sanctuary - BirdLife

Johnny Xerri

Dec 25th 2010, 17:40

Enough excuses...you claimed that illegal hunting is not present in the UK and you have been proved very very wrong. Now you try and insult people as scum.....well people can judge for themselves who is factual and who is scum.

By the way what did you hunt in the UK?
Incedently what do the remaining 7 million EU hunters hunt?

Your opinion may be that hunting is only hunt if done for wild boar, with one shot....well for all the world killing birds for hobby & food is hunting....I guess the definition supported world wide is a little more valued than the definition given by yourself.

Fabian Borg

Dec 25th 2010, 19:32

Dear James Tyrell,
Incidentally, deer, rabbit, kangaroos, ducks, doves and pigeons are all hunted legally in Australia and they have no tusks..... ;-)

Johnny Xerri

Dec 25th 2010, 13:06

Dear Mr Tyrrell, you really surprise me with your claim, especially since you also claim to have been a hunter. Possibly you have never heard of the persecution that birds of prey such as the red kite get from UK game keepers and hunters.

I have traveled to the UK to hunt various times. Sometimes twice or three times a year. I have seen birds of prey being shot. I have also heard about a common practice of baiting (with poison) birds of prey so that they don't damage the game birds that game keepers breed in order to make a profit out of hunting them.

So please don't patronise me or any other person, with that holier then the Pope attidute.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/policy/wildbirdslaw/wildbirdcrime/birdsofprey.aspx

http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/birds-of-prey-persecution-a-special-ios-online-report-396066.html

Please follow especially this link
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7134049.ece

Stefan Micallef

Dec 26th 2010, 13:00

Johnny Xerri also forgot to mention how many eggs and chicks are stolen from thier nest.
Or maybe the 50,000,000 song birds that are killed by domestic cats.

duncan ishmael

Dec 26th 2010, 13:12

hi tyrell you sad that in uk you havent noticed any hunter blasting a buzzard but a few months ago in the uk news there was a report and photos that someone in UK have blasted 4 young PEREGRINE FALCONS in their own nest!!!!!!!! so now you can still say that in uk there is no poaching???? open your mind please and look around you cause in all the whole world there is poaching!!!!!!

Carmelo Aquilina

Dec 25th 2010, 11:24

If you think BirdLife shot these birds then you are either delusional or stupid. Your choice.

Johnny xerri

Dec 25th 2010, 19:09

Never said that but the timing is always convinient....could it have been the case that these buzzards were kept away from media and limelight, taken care of and homed by someone...just to be used when required?

How realistic is it that a poacher would shot a buzzard in Sept...keep it untill Dec then discard it at Buskett just a few days after FKNK made a formal request for police investigations regarding BLM actions.

I may be wrong but my hypothesis is that the injured honey buzzard was kept by someone awaiting the right moment to 'release' it. And yes it is wrong to shoot at protected birds, but that is not hunting thats poaching.

Although joydriving and driving both involve a car and a driver, only one is abhored.
Although Rape and Sex involve the same procedure (one is consensual and one is forced), and only one is abhored.

Same with huntng and poaching, both involve a gun and birds, but one is acceptable in ALL COUNTRIES yet the other is abhored by all.

Please stop mixing poaching and hunting, they are totally different things.

Johnny Xerri

Dec 25th 2010, 11:03

Actually a business meeting was ended on a negative note due to hunting. The person I was doing business with firmly told me that if the Maltese find no objection in betraying their own citizens and governmnets find no objection in stealing votes how can he trust us in business.

Now I made it a point to spread the news:

'Planning a holiday or business in Malta, please note that the Maltese find no guilt in inciting government to break a democratic obligation. Please follow the link to what was guaranteed http://www.meusac.gov.mt/Portals/FME/Documents/AGGSE13e_Hunting.pdf and what was delivered i.e. spring hunting stopped from 2007 (apart from a farce season that is open for only 20% of the hunters, for just 6 half days) and trapping stopped from 2008. If the Maltese treat their citizens like this how will they treat you?'

C Cassar

Dec 25th 2010, 09:07

Yes, these individuals call themselves 'hunters'. However, the term 'hunter' refers to one who kills wild animals for food or clothing. Some of those in Malta are simply uneducated cowards who don't car an iota for the environment.