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Many of these will be our own birds of prey that we know and care for as breeding rarities in Britain, Germany and Scandinavia. This
appalling slaughter increased from the 1960s on as more and more Maltese hunters gained access to powerful guns and boats. It has not abated in recent years despite education campaigns. In fact it has worsened: several hundred Honey Buzzards are thought to have been killed on just two days over Malta last year.
The Hawk and Owl Trust feels this atrocious blight on European conservation has been allowed to go on too long. Even the EU has made concessions to Malta to please the hunters. The expectation held by many conservation agencies that illegal
appalling slaughter increased from the 1960s on as more and more Maltese hunters gained access to powerful guns and boats. It has not abated in recent years despite education campaigns. In fact it has worsened: several hundred Honey Buzzards are thought to have been killed on just two days over Malta last year.
The Hawk and Owl Trust feels this atrocious blight on European conservation has been allowed to go on too long. Even the EU has made concessions to Malta to please the hunters. The expectation held by many conservation agencies that illegal
Clearing a Safe Passage For Our Birds Of Prey Through The Central Mediterranean
An estimated 30,000 Honey Buzzards, Ospreys, Marsh Harriers, Hobbies and other long-winged birds of prey make a biennial pilgrimage between Europe and Africa by 'island-hopping' across the Central Mediterranean. They are able to cross enormous expanses of sea but they arrive exhausted and at low altitude when they get to Malta. It is here that they are shot in their thousands for sport - as they try to rest in nature reserves on the land, or from power-boats at sea.
hunting will miraculously stop when Malta joins the EU is just wishful thinking. We are launching a major campaign to bring an end to this cruel, illegal and wasteful 'recreation'.
Help us support our partner, Birdlife Malta, to show their people another way of looking at their birds.
Help us support our partner, Birdlife Malta, to show their people another way of looking at their birds.
The Malta Pages are written by Dr Rob Davis
