In 2011 there were 612 applications for hunting licences, and 79 to date this year. There are currently 54 applicants expecting to be tested for the issue of licences.

The information was given by Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici in reply to a parliamentary question by Labour MP Justyne Caruana.

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