The hunters’ federation was the only stakeholder invited by the Wild Birds Regulation Unit to discuss the format and syllabus of the trapping exam paper that resulted in an unprecedented pass rate.
The Parliamentary Secretary for Animal Rights, led by Roderick Galdes, confirmed the FKNK was the only stakeholder consulted. The federation, whose members were sitting for the exam, was even given a sample paper.
When the exams started, everyone sat for the same paper. Even those who failed faced the same exam paper during the resit.
This newspaper revealed last week the success rate for individuals who sat for the exam to acquire trapping licences was almost 100 per cent, an impossible achievement were it not for the fact that they all faced the same exam paper.
Read more in the Times of Malta.