Elusive ‘known poacher’

BirdLife’s Spring Watch 2011 online diary on Tuesday, April 12, states: “A known poacher was seen inside the Foresta 2000 nature reserve with a shotgun. He ran as soon as he realised he was being watched by our team.”

Following the incident where the Foresta 2000 park ranger was shot in the face a few years back, how do BirdLife explain not having taken action against a “known” person hunting within the same nature reserve?

From this incident it would appear that BirdLife Malta have no interest in eradicating the problem but use any act of poaching for their own publicity in their bid to tarnish hunters. Comparing the numerous reports made by BirdLife to the actual lack of arrests of criminals they reported only leads one to conclude that their allegations give rise to far more questions than they in fact answer.