Tag: animals
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Citizens end up taking care of animals as Animal Rights Ministry remains inconspicuous
Citizens have been taking it upon themselves to care for abandoned animals, as the Animal Ministry seems completely absent at a time of national crisis, with most of the electricity grid having been down for more than a week. Comedian James Ryder managed to raise funds for a generator for the CSAF animal sanctuary in…
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The latest animal exploitation in Malta: walking Alpacas in the Summer heat
Ever since that fraud Alicia Bugeja Said legalised the trading and keeping of wild animals in Malta, animal exploitation in Malta has increasingly spiralled out of control, with lions being abandoned in run-down farmhouses, dolphins being kept in small pools for circus shows, and now even alpacas being used for entertainment. A new entity is…
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Contract for Animal Welfare Commissioner Alison Bezzina is not renewed
Long time animal rights activist Alison Bezzina will not have her contract renewed as Animal Welfare Commissioner. She was first appointed to the role in 2020. During her role she oversaw the implementation of a new microchipping and licensing system and new laws regulating the breeding and trading of dangerous dogs. She advocated for stronger…
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Maltese couple accused of defrauding animal sanctuary in Spain
Horrific accusations have come to light against a Maltese couple who defrauded an animal sanctuary in Costa Blanca, Spain. Abigail Darmanin and Karl Darmanin are being accused by the administrators of the K9 sanctuary of having volunteered to run the animal shelter on false pretenses to fleece the shelter of its donations. Their response to…
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Italian journalist films the interior of Wildlife Animal Park Malta
An Italian journalist has came to Malta and filmed the interior of the Wildlife Animal Park in Mtaħleb, Rabat. Enrico Rizzi said that he was struck by the overwhelming suffering of the animals as soon as he entered the irregular zoo. The animals, including tigers and bears are kept under 40 degrees Celsius of heat…
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Labour Party MPs call for further dismantling of progressive animal legislation: reduced penalties for hunters
Labour Party MPs including Ramona Attard and Rosianne Cutajar are calling for lesser penalties on hunters caught hunting illegally or exceeding their hunting quotas. Robert Abela’s government administrations rolled back animals rights legislation and guarantees previously established by the previous Labour Party administrations including the decriminalisation of the trading and keeping of wild and exotic…
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Parliamentary Secretary for Animals Rights confirms to Times of Malta that wild animals owners will be given an amnesty
Following our story about the government’s rushed bill to cover-up for Christian Borg over his abandoned lions, Times of Malta called the Parliamentary Secretary of animal Rights, Alicia Bugeja Said, who confirmed with them that the government is awarding an amnesty for anyone owning unregistered wild and exotic animals. Unfortunately, Times of Malta did not…
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Only 6 licensed zoos in Malta so far
The Ministry of Agriculture lists a total of 6 licensed zoos in Malta in its latest published list online (published in 2020). Two of them are composed of wild tigers and big cats, namely the one in Si??iewi by Anton Rea Cutajar, and another one in Ba?rija which once took fire. Note, that the the…
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Malta is exporting tigers to Libya among other wild and exotic animals
Our own criminal-tiger-aesthetic stars are building a very shady industry on the side, and that’s the industry for the exotic and wild animals. Malta is coming up in international reports for its export of wild and exotic animals such as tigers to Libya and Turkey. Someone seems to be even importing alligators from the US…
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As of late last year, an additional 33 live horses are being imported to Malta every week
The new influx of wild and exotic live animals imported into Malta has increased due to leaner regulations introduced by Agriculture Minister Anton Refalo and Animals Rights Parliamentary Secretary Alicia Bugeja Said. As of late last year, an additional 33 live horses per week are being imported into Malta for animal feed. The live horses…
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They’ve turned the face of the Islands into a Gangster’s Paradise
The only reason why the Labour government has allowed the highly irregular importation of exotic animals was to appease criminals and bullies whose hobby and status symbols is derived from keeping big and dangerous animals in cages at home. One of these very not so sympathetic people is Anton Rea Cutajar who has a “zoo”…
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Malta is being inundated with exotic animals and abandoned pets and the situation has never been worse
There are few more useless politicians in Labour right now than Anton Refalo. A corrupt thief who today serves as Agriculture Minister, he also responsible for animal rights through Junior Minister (Parliamentary Secretary) Alicia Bugeja Said. Thanks to these two imbeciles who wanted to appease a couple of Maltese criminals and bullies, Malta is being…
