The Federation for Hunting and Conservation (FKNK) has filed a Judicial Protest against the Prime Minister over his failure to declare an open autumn/winter season for the live-capture of turtle doves, quails, golden plovers and song thrushes. According to recommendations by the Malta Ornis Committee, the season should have opened on September 1 and continued to January10.

The FKNK protested that the trappers had paid/renewed their trapping licences  and they were now suffering damages.

It insisted that the trappers have a legal right to live-capture unprotected species between September and January.

When these members paid their respective licences, there were no indications that they would be prevented from trapping these species, so much so, that in each personal trapper's Carnet de Chasse it is clearly stated that the trapper was being granted the permission to trap those particular species, the FKNK said.

Therefore the FKNK said it was formally requested the Prime Minister to open this trapping season for the four specie forthwith.

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