Be the first to comment!BirdLife Malta requests police protection in letter to Commissioner
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BirdLife Malta has formally requested police protection, delivering a letter on Wednesday to Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa following what the NGO describes as “escalating threats and intimidation.”
The organisation said that it has “faced vandalism and physical attacks in the past and is now facing online harassment, including posts by the hunters and trappers federation misusing its logo and personal images to incite abuse.”
Despite attacks from the Federation for Hunting, Trapping, and Conservation (FKNK), which has even labelled us an “extremist faction,” BirdLife Malta said that it reaffirms its commitment to “defending nature through democratic and legal means.”
BirdLife Malta condemned the “ongoing hostility and calls on the Government to take a stand against intimidation.”
The organisation concluded by saying that “the FKNK must take responsibility for rhetoric that is fuelling threats against those working in conservation.”
Screenshot and video by BirdLife Malta
