Kaccaturi San Ubertu (KSU), in a statement today, has referred to the photo above, issued with BirdLife Malta’s press statement of Monday, showing a Golden plover, which KSU said, is “illegally held in a cage smaller than that permitted by law.”
KSU has called on BirdLife Malta to “declare the provenance of this bird and photograph, and the steps taken to bring any perpetrators of such cruelty to justice.”
KSU also calls on the enforcement authorities to investigate this “find” and to publicise their findings.
“Such atrocities harm the image of all law abiding hunters and it is in their interest that exposing such cases is not done purely for sensationalism but that ultimately they lead to the arrest of those responsible,” stated KSU.