Protected eagles targeted in Malta
A flock of 5 short-toed eagles came under fire
Opinion: Clint’s cover is blown
The EU Court of Justice has delivered its judgement,
WATCH: BirdLife records killing of protected Osprey
A protected Osprey was shot down in Birżebbuġa on
MEP candidate Steve Ellul fails to mention relatives’ criminal record when defending hunting
Relatives of Labour MEP candidate Steve Ellul – the
Minister mum on result of studies from bird trapping ‘research’
Minister Clint Camilleri and the government’s Wild Birds Regulation
Spanish lawyer paid €111,000 to defend Malta’s EU bird trapping case
The government has hired a top Spanish lawyer, who
The Shift’s top stories of 2023
Aqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti. Even as a small community-funded
Bird trapping seasons opened under ‘smokescreen’ derogations from EU directives
Updated with map of trapping sites. Trapping seasons for
Government to adopt another bird trapping ‘research’ season, despite EU proceedings
Aqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti The ORNIS committee has accepted
GPS-tracked birds of prey disappear upon arrival in Malta’s ‘open season’
Highly protected bird species are “continuously indiscriminately persecuted both
Malta’s hunting policies ‘wasting’ European conservation efforts – BirdLife
Malta’s hunting policies are “wasting” Europe’s “intense conservation efforts”
Illegalities and no enforcement: spring hunting ‘taking away from Europe’
The Maltese government’s insistence on opening a spring hunting
Court ignores EU science, allows for Turtle dove spring hunting
A court decision on Monday morning revoked a prohibitory
Hunting minister satisfied that only two of over 90 wetlands protected from lead shot poisoning
Gozo and Hunting Minister Clint Camilleri is claiming that
Malta still to legally implement EU ban on the use of lead shot in wetlands
As of 15 February 2023, Malta was amongst 30
Finch research project ‘a big lie designed to help poachers fill their aviaries’
The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) has labelled the
The massacre
In the south of Malta, a few hours after
Spring hunting season on hold as court provisionally accepts Birdlife’s ‘urgent’ request
The spring hunting season for turtle-dove will not be
Government’s trapping derogation for ‘research’ a ‘short-lived distraction’ – Mark Anthony Falzon
An anthropologist who specialises in hunting and conservation has
Decision to ban hunting at Qawra Point is ‘legislation by spectacle’
The government’s decision to ban hunting at Qawra Point
Start of Turtle-dove migration leads to illegal hunting of protected species in spring
With the first signs of Turtle-dove migration over Malta
‘A selfish act’: Citizens protest against government granting public land to hunters
Activists gathered at Castille Square, in front of the
Government hid behind committee to breach EU law on renewed bird trapping
The government used the Ornis Committee, a supposedly-independent committee
Feudalism rediscovered
It did not happen under the dark cloak of
CABS calls for ban on ‘worst killing grounds for birds of prey in Europe’
The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) is urging the
If Miżieb and l-Aħrax are to be run by an NGO, why not give it to conservationists?
The Nationalist Party is open to Mizieb and L-Ahrax
Sham enforcement risks end of spring hunting season, vulnerable species hit
The chilling video (below) released by Birdlife Malta last
From arms to riches: the rise of James Fenech
From a shop in Mellieha’s Parish Square, which neighbours
Malta’s new version of Trump
On Palm Sunday, Prime Minister Robert Abela told people

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