CABS, the committee against bird hunting, has given the police video footage of  illegal trapping of waders made over the past few days.

"Illegal bird callers imitating Golden Plovers can be heard everywhere on the island and the police are obviously not able (or not allowed?) to take appropriate action," the society said.

It added that near Fomm Ir-Rih Bay its Bird Guards filmed three trappers using live Lapwing decoys, an illegal bird caller and a huge clap net.

The photo shows one of the poachers removing cages with Lapwings from the trapping site.

The video footage was passed on to the police and will be published on  Youtube.

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