A poacher was filmed taking two shots at a protected hoopoe yesterday evening, the Committee Against Bird Slaughter said.

It said in a statement that the poacher was filmed at Girgenti, below the Laferla Cross, at around 6pm by one of its teams.

"The incident is not only an offence as is was directed at protected species but also a day ahead of the spring hunting season for Turtle Dove and Quail which starts tomorrow," it said.

 

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