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BirdLife Malta prepares for another illegal spring hunt

BirdLife Malta has announced Spring Watch Malta 2011, a conservation camp which forms a crucial part of their fight against the illegal spring hunting that is rife in Malta.

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BirdLife office inundated with shot protected birds and illegal hunting reports

Over the last three weeks since the end of BirdLife Malta’s Raptor Camp, the BirdLife office continued to receive shot protected birds and reports of widespread shooting and killing of birds of prey and herons, particularly following unstable weather over the Mediterranean during this last week. Stormy weather at the beginning of the week brought [...]

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Maltese hunters have spoonbills in their sights

Malta has been shamed yet again by its illegal bird hunters who have blasted a number of Spoonbills Platalea leucorodia this week.

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