Tag: hunters
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People have a right to walk in Malta’s countryside without being shot at – BirdLife Malta
We are at the stage of the the Labour government’s tenure in office when NGOs and citizens are demanding not to be shot at by the great cultural-and traditionally-rich, pro-Labour, hunting lobby of Malta. BirdLife has issued a press release about a shooting incident involving several hunters who shot at people walking their dogs in…
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Everything is a mental health issue now thanks to Labour’s jargon of fascism
The President of the Lobby for Unacceptable Practices continues to invoke a self-pitying victim complex on behalf of the hunting lobby, claiming that its members are victims of online bullying. These are the same people who carry guns in public and intimidate environmentalists and public rangers during Labour Party electionelection victories. More recently, the President…
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Malta Rangers Group condemn outrageous pledge by Economy Minister to overturn environmental criminal convictions
The Malta Ranger Unit has condemned a surprise pledge by Economy Minister Silvio Schembri, who promised hunters that Labour would review penalties for illegal hunting and allow hunters whose licences had been revoked by the courts to reapply for their licences. Schembri also pledged to review hunting fines, prompting concern that the Labour Party is…
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Turtle-Dove hunting season opens despite ongoing illegalities
Despite multiple illegalities being reported since the opening of Quail-hunting season on April 13th, the hunting season for the endangered Turtle Dove has opened until the 1st of May, with up to 1,500 Turtle Doves allowed to be killed. The quota for Quail was set at 2,400 birds. A hunter has recently been jailed after…
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Vote Labour: extend bad habits
Here below you may find the document the Deborah Schembri signed as Parliamentary Secretary to hand out natural parks to the Maltese hunting community. The Aħrax tal-Mellieħa and the Miżieb were eventually handed back over to the public after environmental activists challenged this highly irregular gift in Court. Environmental organisations criticised the irregular concession of…
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Maltese hunters are visiting public schools giving pseudo-educational lectures
Further part of its actions to make our society dumber, more vile and banal, the Ministry of Education has enabled the Maltese hunters and trappers organisation, FKNK, to tour public schools and give pseudo-educational lectures. The FKNK is one of Malta’s most parasitic organisations, and it is also opposed the Opposition’s proposal to entrench constitutional…
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Lucas Micallef: martyr for Malta’s “hobbies”
Apparently one of Malta’s “hobbies” and traditions that for Labour is worth worth defending than the environment is the habit of shooting at living beings that don’t shoot back. Lucas Micallef, the President of Malta’s main hunting group, the FKNK, is waging a political battle against the Nationalist Party in defence of his “hobby”. There…
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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…