CABS claims 'total anarchy' of bird shooting around Safi
The Germany-based Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) said today that it had filed hunting of protected birds in Safi during the first week of its Operation ‘Honey Buzzard’.
The 'operation' is monitoring bird unting during the open season.
"CABS volunteers have registered to date the shooting down of more than 25 protected birds and have managed to record most of these incidents on film," it said. In addition a freshly-shot Marsh Harrier, a live Hoopoe with gunshot wounds, a badly wounded Grey Heron and 13 dead Bee-eaters were discovered in various locations on Malta and Gozo.
The committee said the hotspot of poaching activity this past week was the area around the international airport. Ten birds of prey and a Grey Heron were shot down or shot at around Safi over the past nine days.
Committee spokesperson Axel Hirschfeld said that 'total anarchy' ruled in Safi.
"The police are doing their utmost but the use of their normal reactive tactics in the difficult terrain, with a maze of high walls and trees offering ideal concealment for the poachers, is inadequate in terms of law enforcement and prosecution. New proactive tactics, to include a substantial temporary concentration of manpower, are needed if the situation in Safi is to be brought under control”.
CABS said that on Saturday week, it filmed a hunter shooting at a strictly protected Osprey nearSafi. Several minutes later the same team filmed several hunters shooting at a Marsh Harrier and downing it. The conservationists called the police who searched the area but were unable to find either the bird or the perpetrators. The peak of the excessive poaching in Safi was yesterday, when a single CABS team filmed the shooting down of two Marsh Harriers and a Common Kestrel, as well as the shooting at three more birds of prey. A police search was also fruitless.
A poacher who shot at two Honey Buzzards near the Nadur tower on 20 September also escaped detection. Although a CABS team captured the incident on video the poacher managed to get away without being identified.
On the same day a person or persons laid out a dead rat and rabbit, as well as a freshly shot Marsh Harrier, at an observation point used daily by CABS near Bingemma - 'obviously as a warning to the volunteers'. The corpse of the Marsh Harrier was taken to a vet and x-rayed and the cause of death was clearly established to shot gun injuries, from no less that 14 lead pellets. The bird was handed over to the police.
On Friday, in the ditch of Fort Bingemma a CABS team found the remains of 13 freshly-shot Bee-eaters. The corpses or remains of protected birds had been found at the same spot last year. The birds had clearly been used by hunters for target practice and later dumped in the deep and overgrown ditch, CABS said.
In Gozo onThursday, the police found a freshly shot Hoopoe found whilst searching for a Honey Buzzard that had been shot down in view of a CABS team deployed to San Raflu. The bird’s injuries were treated by a vet who confirmed that the bird was shot. Despite intensive care the bird did not survive. On the following day, between San Lawrenz and Gharb on Gozo, a CABS team witnessed a hunter shooting at a Honey Buzzard that flew on uninjured. Although they were unable to film the incident they kept the man under observation and called the police. A search of his possessions showed that he was using illegal heavy gauge ammunition. He will be charged accordingly.
CABSsaid its teams will remain in Malta and Gozo until October 7 in order to record incidents of illegal hunting and to assist the police in the detection and prosecution of poachers.
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Francis Grech
Sep 25th 2012, 21:03
German CABS should'n be allowed to monitor how many birds our hunters are killing at least it's only birds not Jews so tell them to go suck
Steve Zammit
Sep 25th 2012, 00:21
After seeing this footage I am left speechless
What a shame that in 2012 we still have hunters who think they can shoot at all that flies
Today I saw a Honey Buzzard being shot at 5 times by a Hunter who was suppose to be out hunting 'game' birds
This evening I witnessed another Honey Buzzard being shot and probably killed too
PAJJIZ TAL-BIKI
Steve Zammit
Sep 25th 2012, 00:03
well done CABS
No wonder some people don't want you here
David Agius
Sep 24th 2012, 21:39
Ghageb ghax inqatlu ftit tajr protett u hadd ma ddispjacieh ghall eluf ta tajr ta l-istess speci li jinqatel f l-istess pajjiz minn fejn gejjin il-cabs. Dazgur kullhadd jiehu pjacir jaghmilha tal-buli maz-zghir.!!
Mr J. Bonnici
Sep 24th 2012, 21:09
The government should stop all new licences. We've had enough of this nonsense,
John Borg
Sep 24th 2012, 19:27
Instead of speaking against illegal hunting, the hunters organisation is condemning cabs for monitoring illegal hunting. Is FACE, the organisation of european hunters, aware of this?
John Borg
Sep 24th 2012, 19:23
If you want to see more of this, VOTE LABOUR. Labour will give hunters all the concessions they want, including shooting in the afternoon in Spetember, when most birds of prey are migrating.
J Goffin
Sep 25th 2012, 09:14
So funny how everyhting comes back to Politics... can't anyone just talk about the issue at hand ?
joe camilleri
Sep 24th 2012, 18:48
nisthi nghid li jien malti. fejna il gustizia?
A Vella
Sep 24th 2012, 15:19
CABS please organise a peaceful protest against bird hunting in Valletta and invite all the Maltese public to attend.
This will have two main benefits, one it will show once and for all that the great majority of the Maltese public is behind you and two post it on youtube and show the world that most Maltese are disgusted with the actions of a few hundreds so called co-nationals.
M. Cardona
Sep 24th 2012, 15:36
A Vella,
CABS like the local BLM have gone on record claiming that they are not against bird hunting but rather the targeting of protected bird species. How would such a protest conform with their earlier statements and declared stance?
Mr Anthony Formosa
Sep 24th 2012, 15:52
Why are you waiting for CABS aren't Birdlife without guts. The last protest I've seen against animal cruelty was not more than 200. Why not ask CABS to protest in their own country where raptors are legally shot?
Franco Farrugia
Sep 24th 2012, 17:26
Why should people who are against bird-hunting go out in the streets? Isn't commonsense a gauge anymore amongst civilised society?
Ida Camilleri
Sep 24th 2012, 22:20
Yes, please, a peaceful protest would be a great idea. However, it would definitely need to be supervised by the police, as the last peaceful protest against illegalities (M'xlokk camping) ended rather traumatically when certain persons' (unlawful) interests were suddenly touched upon.
anthony sultana
Sep 24th 2012, 14:51
It is already on the youtube, so the whole world can see how smart certain people are in this tourist country.
M. Cardona
Sep 24th 2012, 14:36
One might argue that its a case of perception; from a negative perspective one might view a glass as half empty, whereas through a more positive evaluation one might view the same glass as half full.
Without detracting from the seriousness entailed to the illegal targeting of protected bird species, one might also contend that considering that in one whole week (which also happens to be the very peak of the autumnal migratory period for birds of prey) these were the recorded sum of illegalities, then the situation is definitely improving as opposed to the claimed anarchic situation.
Once more, (lest I be misunderstood by those prone to thwarted interpretations) I am in no way condoning illegalities as in fact I perceive every case of illegal targeting of protected birds as one too many. I am simply pointing out a factual alternative interpretation to the present claim of "anarchy".
On a separate note; how nice of CABS to post the youtube video complete with expletive insults at Maltese hunters and all. To the good-natured Italian speaking guy, may he rest assured his well-wishing is equally reciprocated. Now will someone please translate that for him cause he was evidently at a loss and could barely coin a single phrase in intelligible English.
Mr Daniel Jones
Sep 24th 2012, 15:54
I thought the FKNK said it had a policy of ZERO tolerance, so M. Cardona either you support the hunters or you are against them and support the poachers. Which is it?
M. Cardona
Sep 24th 2012, 17:58
Mr Daniel Jones,
which part exactly did you misunderstand or actually which part did you understand?
How do my observations which clearly identified the "seriousness entailed to the illegal targeting of protected bird species" as well as "I perceive every case of illegal targeting of protected bird species as one too many" contradict a zero tolerance policy?
I think I did preempt with "lest I be misunderstood by those prone to thwarted interpretations" but alas!
Regards.
Glenn Micallef
Sep 24th 2012, 14:23
To add to the above witnessed by CABS:
On Friday morning a Marsh Harrier was shot and killed below Verdala Mansions, Tal-Virtu. Called the ALE that were there within 15 minutes. At Salina I saw twoLittle Egrets with gunshot damage, one with a dangling leg and another with damage to the flight feathers. And we are told that the hunting situation is under control, and poachers are few and far between. And of course pigs do fly!!!!
Carmel Grima
Sep 24th 2012, 14:17
CABS please stay as long as these beautiful birds are being brutally killed. Sie sind herzlich willkommen.
Both the PN and the LP are scared of losing votes by upsetting the hunters' apple cart. They do not want to risk losing votes by banning hunting. The rest of the population, that being the silent majority, however supports a total ban on hunting and it is best for voters to keep in mind that parties who condone this dreadful killing of so many beautiful and defenceless birds should be sidelined when casting our votes at the coming general election.
Ing. Carmel Grima.
Jay Oatmon
Sep 24th 2012, 13:38
It is 'business as usual' for the illegal bird killers of Malta - all the talk of just a few illegal shooters is plainly false there is a sizeable group who shoot protected birds for fun. And since these birds are not edible they are not 'hunted' they are killed illegally .
The bird killers ignore the rules and the law, and they obviously will not stop their illegal bird shooting - so the only effective answer to protect the birds is a total ban on bird shooting in Malta.
I think the MLP the PN and AD should all agree to ban bird killing in Malta - this would get rid of the 'stay silent for votes' situation.
Mario F
Sep 24th 2012, 12:52
Well....when you read this article actually the hunters did really well.When you compare this few minor incidents from an absolute minority on the hunters which ammount over 12000 licensed + other who may not be licensed... reading this article makes me think that the hunters are finally educated..This are around 20 or less illegalities from thousands of hunters on a 1 month span...
D Borg
Sep 24th 2012, 14:16
mario,
you need to brush up your maths again....
and then compute ratios between the 12000 licensed hunters and the dozen ALE and CABs teams trying to reach out the whole islands.
R ferriggi
Sep 24th 2012, 12:46
JIEN U MISSIERI KONNA KACCATURI.
MIN XI ZMIEN L'HAWN WAQAFNA NOHORGU AL KACCA.
DAN LI QED JIGRI M'HUX KACCA IMMA ANARKIJA.
AHNA QATT MA SPARAJNA BL'ADDOCC KIF QED JIGRI.
DAN HU KAS CAR TA ANNIMALIZMU. BARBARIZMU.
KIF TISTA TISPARA GHAL KUCCARD U GHAL QERD IN NAHAL?? U HAMMIEM U HUTTAF??
M. Cardona
Sep 24th 2012, 14:50
Jien kaccatur,
Missieri kien kaccatur (u m'ghadux ghax halliena)
Missieru kien kaccatur ( u l-istess m'ghadux ghax halliena)
U missier missieru kien kaccatur. Zijiet u familjari kollha huma jew kienu kaccaturi, (illum dawk li m'ghadhomx kaccaturi ghax m'ghadhomx maghna).
Qed tara habib kif wiehed xorta jista jinftiehem minghajr ma jghajjat; kaccatur imut kaccatur.
Rigward qtil ta' tajr protett naqbel mieghek li dik mhix kacca. Madankollu, il-fatt li matul gimgha shiha fl-eqqel tal-perjodu migratorju ghal speci tal-priza, gew registrati dawn l-infrazzjonijiet biss, allura nispera li taqbel mieghi li din mhix sitwazzjoni ta' anarkija.
Ghalkemm naqbel li kwalunkwe qtil ta' tajr protett huwa kundannabbli, madanakollu m'ghandiex titpinga sitwazzjoni ta' anarkija ghal-skopijiet ulterjuri, partikolarment meta wiehed izomm f'mohhu li l-ghan ahhari ta' dawn is-sinjuri mhux it-trazzin ta' qtil ta' tajr protett (li f'dan ir-rigward jien naqbel maghhom) izda l-prattika ta' kacca legittima.
Mr Anthony Formosa
Sep 24th 2012, 12:29
I condemn every illegality including the tons of rubbish thrown by the countryside lovers, so to those with a hidden agenda asking for a ban they should also ask the whole population to stay indoors.
TOTAL ANARCHY OF BIRD SHOOTING AROUND SAFI!!!!
Did they say SAFI or ALASKA? SAFI is a few thousand square meters as most of it belongs to the Army/Airport/Factories and of course the village itself.
"On the same day a person or persons laid out a dead rat and rabbit, as well as a freshly shot Marsh Harrier, at an observation point used daily by CABS near Bingemma - 'obviously as a warning to the volunteers'. The corpse of the Marsh Harrier was taken to a vet and x-rayed and the cause of death was clearly established to shot gun injuries, from no less that 14 lead pellets. The bird was handed over to the police."
OK so the Marsh Harrier caught the rat, the hunter shot at the rabbit and killed the Marsh Harrier while ti was eating the rat. Come on CABS you don't need to be some kind of CSI to figure that the culprit is doing this to boast your reporting against genuine hunters.
Why again the CABS are not assisted by the police? Remember that FKNK offered to pay for this assistance and CABS refused to report whatever they wish.
Glenn Micallef
Sep 24th 2012, 14:47
Donnok trid idahhak Sur Formosa, are ir recordings ha tar hux l Alaska. You can see the video here: http://youtu.be/wrZI49pgxvM. This happens in a few thousand square metres, so just imagine, IMAGINE, what happens elsewhere, in the other thousands upon thousand of square metres. Now we can all see why you do not want CABS here. They have the guts to uncover the mayhem inour countryside. Shame, shame shame.
M. Cardona
Sep 24th 2012, 15:10
Mr Formosa,
"OK so the Marsh Harrier caught the rat, the hunter shot at the rabbit and killed the Marsh Harrier while it was eating the rat. "
LIKE
It could have also been that the hunter shot at the rabbit just as the marsh harrier happened to be swooping for the same kill. The rat came soon after that to film the carcasses only to die of zoomania heartbreak.
ROFL
Joking aside, the targeting of protected bird species does not help our cause but rather helps those with radical agendas providing them with anti-hunting platforms. Alas, they fail to realise that illegal practices (being clearly apart from legal pursuit of game) will not be curbed through what is perceivably the targeting by misconceived association with/of legitimate practice.
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Sep 24th 2012, 15:56
"including the tons of rubbish thrown by the countryside lovers," - seems like you know who these people are. What have you done about it except make a vague general reference. What a silly statement you have made.
Satish Bali
Sep 24th 2012, 12:22
What a disgrace to shoot harmless birds? What have these poor creatures done to be shot?
Mr Anthony Formosa
Sep 24th 2012, 14:27
Mr Bali, With the same reasoning, what have the chicken done to be slaughtered. There are no issues if birds are shot for the pot within the parameters of the law.
Hugh Jampton
Sep 24th 2012, 15:48
Mr Anthony Formosa..."OK so the Marsh Harrier caught the rat, the hunter shot at the rabbit and killed the Marsh Harrier while ti was eating the rat." I fear you have been playing 'cluedo' too often sir...it was Mr Plum in the Field with a shotgun....talk about flights of fancy!!!!
And Mr Formosa the Chicken is not an endangered species, there is a programme of mass breeding by humans. there is no such programme amongst the endangerd species that your compatriots shoot merely because they like to or they want it mounted for private display amongst their peers...
Carmelo Aquilina
Sep 24th 2012, 12:10
I would like to Ask the PL's chief hunting apologist Mr Michael Falzon to comment on these shameful acts seeing he is the politician most blatantly speaking out in favour of our conservationist bird killers !
Jessica Smith
Sep 24th 2012, 12:00
CABS GO back to your own country and check your own hunters and trappers.
Emanuel Curmi
Sep 24th 2012, 12:16
Dear Mrs Smith. As far as I am concerned I'd like to have the CABS on a permanent basis on the Islands and maybe export a couple of our hunters and trappers to happier hunting grounds .
M Cachia
Sep 24th 2012, 12:34
CABS STAY in this country and bring down all the illegal poachers!
Sarah Borg
Sep 24th 2012, 13:22
grow up!!! and wake up!!!
JIMMY ATANASIO
Sep 24th 2012, 13:28
it seems to me that malta is no longer independent.we do whatever the u.n tells to do.ever since we joined with e u.tell them to go to hell and be free once again because if you don't you'll become their slaves
Michael Camileri
Sep 24th 2012, 13:29
A backwards comment Jessica, if ever I read one
Gordon Cook
Sep 24th 2012, 17:24
Typical child/parent response. Grow up!
N Chetcuti
Sep 24th 2012, 17:40
It seems that although you have the technology you have not browsed around otherwise you would not have written this
Steve Zammit
Sep 25th 2012, 00:08
It seems some people are concerned with CABS presence...wonder why
Peter Midler
Sep 24th 2012, 11:29
The findings of CABS is ONLY THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG!
Only one-tenth of an iceberg is seen above the water, but the biggest chunk (the remaining nine-tenths) lies hidden under the water. This analogy applies to the flagrant bird killing on our otherwise beautiful islands. For every observed bird killing/shoting illegality, there must be many, many more unobserved and unreported illegalities/killings that remain hidden.
It is only logical to conclude that if CABS with their limited observation resources (compared to the number of hunters and size of the countryside) observe the above mentioned illegal shooting/killing of birds, then such incidents must be occurring many times more than that actually observed and reported by CABS!
Btw, do not assume that I am a foreigner because I am as Maltese as much as the President.
Chris Xuereb
Sep 24th 2012, 11:09
Brilliant news, A big thank you to the hunters/poachers for shooting these birds & helping CABS in making your buddy's task to continue hunting virtually impossible..keep on shooting at will we're almost there,
& good luck with your 200,000 dead bird derogation
Mr l Azzopardi
Sep 24th 2012, 11:03
Siggiewi, yesterday at around 6 O'clock in the evening.
Fantastic show of more than 40 honey buzzards flying high in circles. Some even gliding 50 metres off the ground. Majestic!
In a span of an hour though whilst enjoying the walk and these birds, I heard 6 double shots. At what they were aiming I can't say .... But one honey buzzard was hit for sure. Saw it falling from the sky myself.
Area : Salib tal-Gholja.
Joseph Bajada
Sep 24th 2012, 10:54
I am ashamed tp be maltese when i read things like this , we should be protecting our told life - being a transit point we should be using it to bring on tourists to view this migratory spectacle , not blasting them out of the sky. very narrow minded and stupid individuals..
What else can you called them...big game hunters - shooting a harmless bird as it follows its natural instinct...shame
Lawrence Fenech
Sep 24th 2012, 10:39
CABS why don't you all fly back home and leave the maltese to practice their sport while the season is legally open?
T Mifsud
Sep 24th 2012, 15:09
Really Mr Fenech? I thought shooting protected birds was always illegal by the laws of Malta. I do not think you have a point here.
Joseph Aquilina
Sep 24th 2012, 10:24
But hey .. for lejber this is not a problem and joseph promised hunters a sky full of birds forr them to hunt if he gets elected ... what a great leader joseph!!
JJ Agius
Sep 24th 2012, 10:03
It seems to me that poachers are shooting at any thing that flies because of Cabs .I also think that police are not happy to have cabs interfering in their duty. Thus the honest hunter is the looser.Sent those Cabs to
check the wrong doings in their country & let the police do their job. I am sure both Birdlife & the honest hunter will be better off.
Yes I beleive the Police can do a better job without having foreign cabs telling them what to do.
Gillinu
R Mallia
Sep 24th 2012, 10:13
The lamest excuse I have ever heard from a hunter. LOL. Hunters are the poachers, get real, there is no honest hunter in Malta. It's a myth, the Poachers are YOU and we need CABS to film you and put you jail and throw away your gun.
anthony sultana
Sep 24th 2012, 10:15
Your comment is the joke of the day.
T Cassar
Sep 24th 2012, 10:21
Was this meant as an example of bizarre logic?!
Mark Sultana
Sep 24th 2012, 10:24
You have no idea what you are talking about and actually you might be juts stating wishful thinking. The police enjoy working with CABS as they do so together in a very intelligent way. You juts wish cabs left so that you or those you indirectly support in your statement above can shoot at all that flies even more freely. can shoot .
keep up the good work CABS, ALE & BIrdlife malta
C Cassar
Sep 24th 2012, 10:26
The maltese police have shown they're completely incompetent at enforcing the law in raltion to clearly specified EU hunting regulations. That is the reason CABS have come to Malta because nothing was being enforced or reported. At least we now know the devious and cowardly actions that are being perormed on a daily basis by Maltese 'hunters'. CABS or at least another non-Maltese organisation should now be given full powers to enforce the law.
Ramon Casha
Sep 24th 2012, 10:47
An honest hunter is rarer than the protected species that these hunters kill. The police are happy to get cooperation from the public in dealing with criminals, and CABS are more than welcome here.
D Borg
Sep 24th 2012, 10:51
JJ Agius,
Pray, could you enlighten us what the Police managed to do over the last decades?
Also how do you expect the dozen ALE officers to act as a deterrant let alone control what happens throughout Malta and Gozo - they surely cannot rely on FKNK!
Lastly if you cannot condemn the facts recorded by this video, it might be better not to say anything....
Martin Cole
Sep 24th 2012, 10:56
Who are you kidding? The Police in Malta have to enforce the law, they have a resource in CABS and make use of CABS efforts. What does history teach us about shooting in Malta BEFORE CABS was present. As for being infuriated that 'foreigners' telling them what to do, maybe more local people should tell the poachers to keep to the law and support the police in their job, sounds like pride getting in the way of common sense.
Isola Danti
Sep 24th 2012, 10:57
Of course they would shoot anything that flies with or without CABS around. Besides, how do you know the CABS people aren't checking the wrong doings in their own country? And how many policemen have you seen patrolling around land and sea looking for poachers? It is a shame that Maltese hunters would need outside organizations to supervise, which speaks volumes.
Richard Farrugia
Sep 24th 2012, 11:19
It's not fair to be shooting birds rather than enjoy nature as God gave it to us.The police are not experts at this sort of thing and i think that the police are very thankful for the assistance given to help them preserve nature and let the ordinary public enjoy it.
Thanks
Jeremy Azzopardi
Sep 24th 2012, 11:39
They've been shooting at anything that flies for decades...
Carmelo Aquilina
Sep 24th 2012, 12:08
which fantasy world are you living in ? If it was not for CABS then the police would not have been called because the so-called honest hunters are not reporting these blatant abuses.
Mr Anthony Formosa
Sep 24th 2012, 12:44
Mr Carmelo Aquilina, what do you know what hunters do? What are you doing except moaning behind your PC. With your Honesty how many people in your neighborhood you've reported?
@ Jeremy Azzoppardi, Seems like that you move from under one roof to another.
JJ Agius
Sep 24th 2012, 16:42
With so many below jumping to conclusions no one offers himself to help the police but want foreign cabs to do it. Again do we need a Labour Government to have Malta Indipendenti. Cabs interefere in Police work & should not be. Foreign Cabs should see that law is respected in their country before they come to Malta.
Once more stop hunting in Europe not just Malta.No I am not a Hunter I am against hunting not just in Malta. Is it fair for hunters being stopped hunting in Malta to go hunting abroad .??.Some one making a fortune taking so many hunters abroad!! Again France gave Permission for Bullfighting !! Is'nt that cruel enough!Why just Malta!!!
Gillinu
D Borg
Sep 24th 2012, 09:59
Prosit GonziPN and MuscatPL ......
anthony sultana
Sep 24th 2012, 09:58
Thanks CABS we need more people like you on the Maltese islands.EU must stop the birds killing that happen all year around.We don't need wild birds to eat, we have enough domestic birds to eat.So definitly the birds killing is just for the fun of it, nothing else.
N. Pace Debono
Sep 24th 2012, 09:54
In Mellieha this week and very often year round i can hear shots at around 5am-6am. When i was in Gozo this summer for a few days i could hear them even earlier then that... is this normal? i dont think so right?
Mr M Grima
Sep 24th 2012, 10:02
Yes, you can shoot 2hrs before sunrise & 2hrs after sunset......
Mr Anton Portelli
Sep 24th 2012, 11:25
N. Pace Debono one can hunt from 2 hours before sunrise up to 2 hours after sunset and in summer the season is open for wild rabbits. Incidentally you may wish to note that just before sunrise and at sunset is the best time to hunt wild rabbits.
Francis Raeymaekers
Sep 24th 2012, 12:05
What Mr M Grima fails to state is that firing a shot two hours before sunrise cannot be safe nor can the 'prey' be identified with any certainty. It is a perfect example of the Law being an Ass! Second rate politicians are masters at this 'sport'.
Mr M Grima
Sep 24th 2012, 12:18
Dear Francis mistakes can be done, but if you are a hunter the first thing is to learn to identify a flying bird, which all birds have different technique. The 3 woodcocks (gallina) that i caught in my life, where shot in early morning. So yes you can identify a bird early in the morning!!
Mr Anthony Formosa
Sep 24th 2012, 12:56
@ Francis Raeymaekers, what you fail to understand is that between 5am and 6 am is not 2 hours before sunrise, furthermore you have clue about how hunting is done at the early hours. For Mr Pace these events are something new and never heard before contrary of what the antis try to make one believe.
Ruby Jenner
Sep 24th 2012, 09:52
Well done CABS keep up the good work.
Alfred Vassallo
Sep 24th 2012, 09:40
Under this government anarchy is their hallmark and it pervades every fiber of maltese administration.
C Cassar
Sep 24th 2012, 09:26
Well, this is expected when Maltese 'hunters' have to satisfy their highly primitive needs each year. The police are incompetent at enforcing any of the laws probably because many are hunters themselves or have friends relatives who participate in this annual cowardly slaughter of wildlife.
It's time that patrolling AND enforcement was handed over to other EU organisations (such as CABS) who have no links with local Maltese and hence are not biased in their work.
I urge CABS to fully publicise the slaughter across as many media platforms as possible both in Europe and beyond.
Mr Anthony Formosa
Sep 24th 2012, 12:38
Mr Cassar, let them publicise first of what happens in their country and compare, furthermore other organizations can publicise other crimes not related to hunting so we will be aware. If you still insist that they should publicise of what goes on in Malta, than they should include all, starting with the rubbish that you leave behind in the countryside, as this will aslo affect the eco system.
Charles Grixti
Sep 24th 2012, 09:21
Now everyone will get all patriotic and cry foul when this makes it on Germany TV.
Gonzi and Muscat should be men and come out and say they will ban hunting in the Maltese islands, no matter who gets elected.
R Mallia
Sep 24th 2012, 09:17
And these are the guys the PL want to support. You keep going backwards PL.
JIMMY ATANASIO
Sep 24th 2012, 13:32
you need to become free again and stop letting other countries dictate to you what and when you should do things.malta is not the free country that it once was.all these other countries telling you what to do.you all need to become one with yourselves once more.get out of e u and just support each other just like the old days.
Carmelo Aquilina
Sep 24th 2012, 14:23
Jimmy even before we joined the EU the majority of Maltese people wanted these atrocities to stop.. the difference is that the hunters cannot blackmail the political parties as easily as before
Please choose the reason of your report below: