Tag: turtle-dove
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Rampant and indiscriminate killing of wild birds during Turtle-Dove Spring hunting season
BirdLife Malta has reported at least 14 illegal bird killings during theis year’s turtle dove spring hunting season, once again highlighting the indiscriminate nature of the practice. According to the organisation, while the spring migration initially began with lower bird numbers and less species diversity than usual, incidents of illegal hunting increased sharply during the…
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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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BirdLife Malta accuses FKNK of greenwashing amid ongoing Turtle-dove decline
BirdLife Malta has accused Malta’s hunting federation, FKNK, of misleading the public by presenting a minor uptick in European Turtle-dove numbers as evidence of species recovery, while omitting critical data and EU recommendations calling for a continued zero harvest. In a strongly worded statement, BirdLife Malta slammed FKNK’s recent interpretation of Central-Eastern European population data,…
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BirdLife Malta claims Turtle-dove quota illegally reached before season opens
BirdLife Malta has alleged that Malta’s national spring hunting quota for Turtle-doves, set at 1,500, has already been illegally reached before the season officially opens on 21st April. According to the NGO, its Spring Watch teams observed over 80% of hunters in recent days illegally targeting Turtle-doves instead of the legally permitted Common Quail. The…
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Illegal turtle-dove hunting surges across Malta ahead of Spring season, says BirdLife Malta
Malta is facing a sharp rise in illegal hunting activity, particularly targeting the vulnerable turtle-dove species, according to a statement by BirdLife Malta. The organisation reports that since the start of its Spring Watch on 10th April, gunshots have been heard daily across both Malta and Gozo, despite the spring hunting season for turtle-doves not…
