The Ramblers’ Association said in a statement this afternoon that it “welcomes and will join the initiative launched by Alternattiva Demokratika to kick start the process asking for a referendum to prohibit derogations permitting spring hunting.

“We feel that this step is complementary to, and gives more weight to, the appeal by BirdLife and NGOs which was a laudable first step in the same direction. AD’s move also gives more credence to the intention because in the meantime action is being taken to ensure that the referendum will take place if the appeal is not heeded. It indirectly sets a timeframe for the process.”

“Not permitting the massacre of migrating birds in Spring will not only satisfy the majority of the people, it will also bring us truly in line with the EU’s Birds Directive and thus save successive governments, who covet the votes of lobbies, the embarrassment of forcing them to ask for derogations.” The Ramblers’ Association concluded.

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