The Federation for Hunting & Conservation – Malta (FKNK) Secretary General Lino Farrugia, said in a statement this afternoon that FKNK had prepared a report on Spring Hunting.

About 9,500 hunters made use of the relative special license for spring hunting and the FKNK said that it is “satisfied that the conditions of the derogation were observed and that the overwhelming majority of the licensed hunters behaved in an exemplary manner.”

The Federation continued that it “is also very pleased that the specific conditions of the delicate issue regarding the exercising of ‘strict control’ were observed.”

The FKNK pointed out that “insomuch that they were not required by the “Birds” Directive, it disagrees with certain impositions of the derogation that unnecessarily hindered the attainment of a complete satisfactory alternative solution to autumn hunting of the same species.”

“The FKNK, through its membership with FACE (The Federation of Associations for Hunting & Conservation in the EU), will accordingly continue to seek redress on those vexatious issues, and also with FACE’s support, and the new Malta government, will endeavour to build a stronger position on the successes attained this spring as detailed in the Report.”

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