We should consider ourselves fortunate that Unesco and the EU do not subscribe to the same type of "logic" espoused by Lino Farrugia and his trigger-happy "conservationists" in his recent contribution (The Maltese Culture Of Spring Hunting, May 17).

If that were the case, we can easily imagine Unesco and the EU defending, even promoting, such "cultural practices" as cannibalism and head shrinking (previously practised in several parts of the world), execution by beheading and the chopping off the limbs of convicted criminals (as practised in Saudi Arabia), stoning to death of women who are raped or marry outside their "religion" (as practised in many Muslim countries), genital mutilation of females (as practised in certain parts of Africa), and so on.

Should I go on?

By what stretch of the imagination does Mr Farrugia classify his "pastime" as a cultural tradition? He has a lot of nerve to compare favourably his version of "hunting" to authentic cultural activities such as literature and the arts. The "logic" in Mr. Farrugia's letter is indicative of what is wrong with the mind-set of the "hunting fraternity" in Malta.