NGOs slam Siggiewi Mayor and demand investigations

28 June 2009

The environmental NGOs BirdLife Malta, Din l-Art Helwa, Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar, Friends of the Earth Malta, Gaia Foundation, Nature Trust Malta and the Ramblers Association today slammed the Siggiewi Mayor Perit Musumeci for his request for the police to investigate FAA Coordinator Astrid Vella.
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In 2008, the first year of the Spring hunting ban, a pair of Black Winged Stilts tried to breed but disappeared. This year, Black-winged Stilts again paired up however the male was shot and killed during the rabbit hunting season. Photo by Jason Raine.

Another rare breeding bird shot

26 June 2009

BirdLife Malta today revealed footage and photographs of a dead Black-winged Stilt at the Ghadira Nature Reserve, which had been shot early on the morning of the 25th June.
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Wild birds are attracted into a cage trap by food, water and decoy birds, and are then unable to find their way out. Photo by Nadja Tschovikov.

Illegal trapping recorded in 60 locations

17 June 2009

A recent analysis of data collected by BirdLife Malta fieldworkers since January shows that illegal trapping incidences have been recorded in 60 different locations in Malta and Gozo. This is despite the fact that this year the trapping season has not been opened as required by the EU Accession Treaty agreement signed by Malta and the European Commission.
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