AD fully supports BirdLife’s call for Malta to adhere to the Birds Directive without applying derogations for spring hunting of turtle dove and quail, chairman Michael Briguglio said this afternoon.
He was speaking druing a visit to the Simar Nature Reserve in Xemxija, where he was met and taken around by BirdLife Malta executive director Steve Micklewright.
Mr Briguglio also said he supported BirdLife’s calls for the creation of a wildlife crime unit to strengthen enforcement of wildlife protection laws and was shocked by PL’s contradictory statement that it would reintroduce the practice of finch-trapping if elected.
Finch-trapping has been illegal since 2009 after a five year phasing-out period as agreed on Malta’s accession to the European Union.