Press Releases - Hunting & Trapping

BirdLife Malta joins international volunteers monitoring raptor migration in Sicily

Saturday, 3 May 2008

BirdLife Malta staff and volunteers together with other international conservationists are currently monitoring raptor migration at Messina in Sicily, once notorious for its illegal hunting.
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Maltese 2008 spring hunting season banned by European Court

Friday, 25 April 2008

BirdLife International and BirdLife Malta welcomed yesterday's decision by the European Court of Justice to issue interim measures ordering Malta not to open the 2008 spring hunting season for Turtle Dove Streptopelia Turtur and Quail Coturnix coturnix.
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BREAKING NEWS... Maltese 2008 spring hunting season banned by European Court

Thursday, 24 April 2008

BirdLife Malta welcomes today's decision by the European Court of Justice to issue interim measures preventing Malta from opening the 2008 spring hunting and trapping season for Turtle Dove and Quail.
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Spring Watch Camp volunteers recognise Malta's rich potential for birdwatching tourism

Wednesday, 23 April 2008

International ornithologists participating in BirdLife Malta's Spring Watch Camp declared their fascination with the islands vis-à-vis birdwatching and said that the country has a wealth to offer to tourists within this niche market.
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Spring Watch Camp volunteers face increasing threats and attacks

Monday, 21 April 2008

Intolerance towards BirdLife Malta and volunteers of the organisation's Spring Watch Camp continues to be rife around the Maltese islands as one of the teams' cars this morning was the target of a vandal attack up in Gharghur.
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