It has been encouraging to see the law being enforced against bird hunters. It’s beyond comprehension how anyone with a heart and of sane mind considers as ‘fun’ the mass slaughter of defenceless wild birds. It is what it is: mass slaughter.

Adults with big guns, spraying the sky with lethal bullets aimed to kill migrating, not even Maltese birds. What satisfaction do they gain from this genocide?

What right do they think they possess to kill birds migrating to other countries? People like myself who respect and admire birds for what they are will never set foot in Malta until this barbaric practice is banned. Why would we spend our money on an island which currently allows these cowardly hunters to blast birds out of the sky?

Imagine if the birds had guns and could defend themselves, how would these hunters then feel? If the hunters want to do something useful they could develop a bird-watching industry on the island.

The value to all of Malta, not just the hunters, would be very substantial and definitely reach several million pounds a year before too long.

It would also clean up Malta’s image as a country where once beautiful, defenceless birds could fall out of the sky and onto you at any moment.

Who wants blood splattered all over them on holiday?

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