Hi Geoff and others, I will hopefully have an answer soon on the progress of the EC's case against Malta and will post it here. An answer on the elections is...
I have just received the following information from Andre Raine, Conservation officer, BirdLife Malta: " For your information, we had a serious incident...
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Jennifer Williams
jenjen_mt@...
Oct 2, 2007 9:36 am
Re the parties in Malta, Both of the main parties have made "deals" with the hunters just before elections,-one allowed hunting from secondary roads, the...
Sigmar: CABS report - " Sigmar the eagle is now in rehabilitation in the Berlin University. His broken leg probably will heal but there is still one pellet in...
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Fitzgibbons, Michael
m.fitzgibbons@...
Oct 2, 2007 9:42 am
The Church Environment Commission condemns hunting in Malta. Link http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx...
Hi: I believe that the elections are going to be sometime in 2008, March or more possible in August before Autumn hunting starts. The month of March is when...
A swift and clear reply from BL Malta. "Both BL Malta and BL Interational are working hard campaigning on this issue both in Malta and in Brussels. In fact we...
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Fitzgibbons, Michael
m.fitzgibbons@...
Oct 2, 2007 9:48 am
Hi Jennifer. Quite often even the minority parties can hold the balance of power when two major groups are tied with similar number of MP's they each have. On...
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Fitzgibbons, Michael
m.fitzgibbons@...
Oct 2, 2007 9:51 am
Yes please! I have a little more information on the progress of the 6 birds fitted this year with transmitters if anyone is interested. ...
(I would be grateful if subscribers could point me at any links to press stories on this matter - or recent hunting in Malta stories - in their own countries) ...
The Foresta ranger shot in the face was Ray Vella - a PROACT member - who has often contributed to this forum. I will write to him on behalf of us all. Anyone...
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Fitzgibbons, Michael
m.fitzgibbons@...
Oct 2, 2007 1:02 pm
David. Please pass on my best wishes to Ray for a speedy recovery. I feel sure that everyone else on Proact feels exactly the same. I for one feel that the...
Dear birders: Our friend and one of Malta's hero fighting the birdKillers with his optics and camera has been shot. His name is Ray Vella. Is this an...
Please circulate widely to your lists and contacts <...> Proact membership has just topped the 900 mark. In 2000, encouraged by a CABS email campaign which I...
A reply from Ray: " Thanks David I only wish the police were efficient enough to get the hunter.....it took them over one hour to arrive while I had ...
Thought you might be interested in this article and photo of Ray Vella from maltastar.com. http://www.maltastar.com/pages/msFullArt.asp?an=15443 Is Malta still...
Dear All, I am not surprised that a human being has now been shot at in Malta. I tried taking a country walk there two years ago and felt I could only walk a...
Thursday, October 4, 2007 < Lesser spotted eagle> by Tina Hahl, on behalf of the members of The Project Group on Nature, Conservation and Animal Welfare,...
< Rare black storks roost at Buskett> This article and photo may also be viewed at http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=3308 Four black storks...
Dear all, I have made you a translation of an article that appeared in one of Berlin's newspapers with a nice photo of Sigmar. I was glad to see our letter got...
The Catalan Government intends to introduce new regulations tolegalise the trapping of birds with lime sticks. This cruel method is specifically banned by the...
That is a very good idea and should be taken over by all countries that have this problem. Who shall prevent such things in the future if not the next ...
Saturday, October 6, 2007 < No concrete results yet in police investigations into ranger shooting>by Herman Grech This article may also be viewed at...
Please enjoy - and distribute widely: I have put all the press reports in connection with recent bird protection operations and their aftermath online at: ...
Dear Conservationist: For more than 75 years, raptor biologists and conservationists, hawk watchers, and birders have known about and used the famous...
Hi David, I couldn't agree more. Now is definitely the time to start addressing the Spring hunting season or, before we know it, we will all be sitting and ...
Malta must hold a general election before August 2008. It is still too early to say WHEN it will be held; but the local pundits are putting their money on May...
