In a joint statement, 10 NGOs said that, “amidst the Covid-19 crisis where all of society is asked to stay indoors unless exceptionally necessary, it is outrageous that the Government will be allowing thousands of hunters to go out to hunt in spring.”

The NGOs working in the environmental and cultural field, are all supporting the call made in the past days by BirdLife Malta for Prime Minister Robert Abela not to open a spring hunting season this year.

They argued that, “apart from the fact that spring hunting is unsustainable, the lack of the necessary resources to enforce such a derogation would only mean a massacre of protected birds.”

The eNGOs concluded by urging the Government to “recognise that the country is for everyone to enjoy and not just a group with narrow interests which is being constantly privileged.”

The eNGOs endorsing this statement and supporting our call are:

· Nature Trust-FEE Malta

· Friends of the Earth Malta

· Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar (FAA)

· Greenhouse Malta

· Moviment Graffitti

· Bicycle Advocacy Group

· Din l-Art Helwa

· Futur Ambjent Wiehed

· Animal Liberation Malta

· Ramblers’ Association of Malta.

Photo: BirdLife – Lars Seorink

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