As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Thursday 8 May 2014

CABS find ‘bird cemetery’ in Mizieb & Quail trapping site on Gozo

Published on Monday, 5, May, 2014 at 15:59 in Gozo News | No Comments


Volunteers of the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) have found another ´bird cemetery´ in the Mizieb woodland, the organisation said today.

According to CABS the remains of a total of 10 protected birds – 5 Marsh Harriers, 1 Montagu´s Harrier, 1 Honey Buzzard, 1 Hoopoe, 1 Nightjar and a Cuckoo – have been found concealed underneath stones in the eastern part of the area last Thursday.

“The Nightjar and the Cuckoo definitely died during this year´s spring hunting season whereas the other birds appear to have been killed and hidden last autumn,” CABS Press Officer Axel Hirschfeld said.

“The police were called as soon as the first dead birds were uncovered. All carcasses have been seized as evidence. In contrast to the years 2009 and 2010 when birdwatchers found more than 270 dead protected birds in all parts of Mizieb the finds from last week were limited to a small section of the area close to Xemxija hill. “

CABS called on the authorities to conduct a comprehensive inquiry and publish the results as soon as possible. Axel Hirschfeld, “the public has a right to know what is going on in Mizieb which the FKNK claims to manage as a hunting reserve for its members.”

Despite several requests made to the authorities, the outcome of the investigations from 2009 and 2010 have never been published. “If the new government really means business they should not repeat this mistake and move towards total transparancy,” CABS General Secretary Alexander Heyd declared.

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