72% of Hunters Under BirdLife's Watch 'Illegaly Shot Turtledoves This Season'

72% of hunters under BirdLife's watch 'illegaly shot turtledoves this season'

Some 72% of hunters under BirdLife's watch during the first week of the spring hunting season were illegally shooting at turtle-doves instead of the common quail, the NGO said on Monday.The satra was collected from various wathpoints across Malta and Gozo, where staff and volunteers distinguished between quail hunters actively walking through open vegetation, often...

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 being caught hunting despite a lifelong ban (feature photo). The Green Party and BirdLife Malta have condemned the opening of h…