The German-based Committee against Bird Slaughter (CABS) said today that  it is sending 10 Bird Guards to Malta between April 20 and 30 to monitor bird migration and illegal hunting.

"In close cooperation with the (police) ALE and Maltese nature protection organisations the volunteer conservationists will record the trapping or shooting of protected bird species during the controversial spring hunting season and report their findings to the responsible authorities. In addition the CABS teams will check whether the hunters comply with the rules imposed by the government on the shooting of Turtle Dove and Quail, including the bag limit of two birds per licensed hunter," CABS said.

CABS said that it will for the first time have a permanent Bird Guard presence in Gozo. “We have reliable information that illegal shooting and trapping takes place on Gozo, and will now follow this up” said CABS spokesperson Axel Hirschfeld. 

During their spring operations the volunteers will be accompanied by Maltese security personnel and international journalists, among the latter a film crew from Germany’s largest private TV station RTL.

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