“There is no doubt that the government is strongly committed to eradicating animal cruelty from the Maltese Islands.” So wrote Desmond Zammit Marmará in his piece ‘Beautiful are the beasts’, December 22).

Perhaps, during this festive season, the correspondent is finding time to tweet to all the poor birds that have been trapped and have been deprived of their freedom to reassure them of this government commitment.

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