Published on Saturday, 3, May, 2014 at 20:12 in Malta News
This afternoon BirdLife Malta released photographs of the 18 injured and dead protected birds it received during the recent spring hunting season, together with descriptions of the injuries each bird had sustained after being shot illegally by hunters targeting these protected species.
Every one of these birds is protected in Malta and Europe, and every one was examined by a veterinarian and confirmed as having been shot.
The list of injuries sustained by these birds includes shattered wing and leg bones, severed limbs, open chest wounds, lead shotgun pellets lodged in the body and blinded eyes. BirdLife Malta’s conservation manager, Nicholas Barbara, said “In the three months from January 1st up to the start of the hunting season on April 12th we received just eight shot protected birds. The 18 birds we received during the hunting season came in just three weeks.”
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