2+ hour, 17+ min ago  (352+ words) The compilation of evidence against David Briffa, a former council member of the hunters' lobby group FKNK, continued in court on Wednesday, where witnesses described how he was allegedly caught on film setting bird traps a day before the legal…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (319+ words) An estimated 72% of hunters observed during the first week of this year's spring hunting season were not targeting Common Quail but were instead primarily aiming at Turtle-doves, according to data collected by Bird Life Malta's Spring Watch teams across Malta…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (663+ words) Bird Life Malta has unequivocally condemned what it described as a "brutal" and "revolting" act after footage emerged of a protected Common Kestrel, known locally as the Spanjulett, being crushed to death under a trapper's boot in Gozo. Starting its…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (302+ words) St John's Co-Cathedral and Inizjamed are getting together for an evening of poetry on Tuesday, 17 March, ahead of World Poetry Day on 21 March. This first-of-its-kind collaboration brings together two of Malta's foremost cultural institutions in a celebration of the spoken…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (287+ words) Animal Welfare Commissioner Fleur Abela declared, in an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday, that Malta is no place for zoos. Wild animals deserve large enclosures with ample space to roam. Keeping them caged up in small enclosures goes…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1808+ words) Malta is no place for zoos, new Animal Welfare commissioner Fleur Abela told The Malta Independent on Sunday in an interview. People who own exotic animals and are in line with the law should not have them taken away, but…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (283+ words) Malta hosts regionally important seabird populations particularly of the Yelkouan Shearwater and the European Storm-petrel. These species are restricted to areas offering suitable nesting habitat - steep cliffs, offshore islets and sea caves. The Maltese Islands provide ideal conditions, with their…...

6+ mon, 2+ day ago  (359+ words) Bird Life Malta on Monday strongly condemned the Maltese Prime Minister's decision to weaken the laws regulating scientific bird ringing in a clear step to pacify the hunters' lobby and to disguise illegal bird trapping as a scientific ringing project....

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (289+ words) The Nationalist Party on Tuesday expressed serious concern about the Labour Government's handling of what remains of Malta's open and green spaces. The recent case at Ta' Qali, where a much-loved picnic area has been covered in gravel, is yet…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (304+ words) This is, on the face of it, good news. Yet the very fact that we are celebrating Hugo's safe departure should make us pause. If ensuring that a single bird is not gunned down requires round-the-clock monitoring, international cooperation, and…...