Our Animal Rights News may now be found at http://animalrightsmalta.blogspot.com/ The new news pages will also include a commentary on news items in the press, and comments on...
The federation of hunters and trappers (FKNK) has advised hunters and trappers to put up signs reading "Private" in order to keep out people from entering the land where they...
Left: The Prime Minister (second, right) inaugurating the project on March 26. Right: The structure reduced to a pile of rubble. A stone structure erected at a bird...
Nine months ago Minister George Pullicino promised to open an animal hospital in Ta’ Qali, nothing has been done… and the voluntary animal ambulance service that he had...
StreetCat Rescue has condemned what it says was the killing of three cats at the Argotti Gardens, in Floriana, on Wednesday. The rescue branch of the Animal Welfare Centre also...
European environmental lobby groups that spoke to The Times are certain the European Commission will soon issue a reasoned opinion over Malta's stand on spring hunting, and then...
The European Partnership of BirdLife International, embracing 42 national conservation organisations, has condemned the opening of the spring hunting season in Malta. "Bird...
Left: A dead marsh harrier, found by a birdwatcher, yesterday. His advanced state of decomposition suggests that this protected bird was shot before the hunting...
“The fact that the Maltese government allows these birds to be killed during their journey to the breeding grounds is deeply shocking – particularly as this decision...
Few matters have angered a swathe of the electorate more than the way the government has handled the hunting issue. It is not that those who are against hunting were unaware of...
The hunting season for quail and turtle dove opens today amid warnings by the European Commission that it breaches the Birds Directive. Assistant Police Commissioner Joe...
The government has sent its official reply to Brussels contesting the infringement procedure set in motion by the European Commission last July over spring hunting in 2004....
Note to readers: I know that this definitely is not the most subtle way to tackle our current issue on spring hunting. But despite certain misconceptions posed by the hunters as...
May our zealous Maltese MEPs and their egocentric parties clarify which EU directive or chapter in the EU Constitution ensures that children can be accompanied to a safe,...
The European Commission has informed international NGOs that it is planning to take the Maltese government to the European Court of Justice over spring hunting before the end of...
Bird hunters and trappers in Gozo will no longer be hindered by Administrative Law Enforcement (ALE) police officers, all of whom were individually transferred back to police...
It's not a question of hope springs eternal, Stavros Dimas, EU Environment Commissioner (right) seems to be saying to Environment Minister George Pullicino...
A seventh man was yesterday charged with forming part of a crowd that gathered to commit a crime during the hunters' and trappers' demonstration in Valletta last month....
Spring hunting is expected to dominate a meeting in Brussels today between Environment Minister George Pullicino and European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas. The urgent...
This Purple Heron was found by tourists. Right: This Pallid Harrier, with a population estimated at between 310 to 1,200 breeding pairs in Europe, was found dead...
Last week, after numerous threats of violence and vandalism posted on the web forum of the hunters and trappers’ federation (FKNK), a number of individuals attacked and...
Jean Claude Ricci, the French “expert” appointed by government to conduct a second report to justify a spring hunting derogation, is well known to the Maltese hunting...
Parliamentary Secretary Tony Abela and MPs David Agius and Mario Galea, who hail from constituencies known for their predominance of hunters and trappers, are reported to have...
Environment Minister George Pullicino emerges as the biggest dipper in MaltaToday’s third “Rate the Minister” survey. Pullicino’s popularity slipped by seven per cent...
The Graffitti group believes the time has come for the government to shun political opportunism and halt hunting in spring once and for all. The recent decision by the...
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