This injured adult Greater Flamingo was recovered by a fisherman off the Gozo coast today and is “another victim of illegal hunting, the third one recovered since the start of the autumn hunting season last Thursday,” said BirdLife Malta.
The eNGO stated on Saurday that since the start of the season on the 1st of September, “we have also received a Black-crowned Night-heron and a Eurasian Collared-dove.”
The Night Heron was recovered by police from Dingli, whilst the Collared Dove was found by a member of the public in Attard.
BirdLife said that these two illegal hunting casualties were recovered in less than 24 hours on the first day of the season.
All three birds were taken to the Malta Government vet who has confirmed they were “illegally shot.”
The autumn hunting season runs for five months until the end of January 2023.
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3 Comments To "Adult Greater Flamingo shot down over Gozo"
#1 Comment By Dietmar Treptow On September 3, 2022 @ 6:27 pm
OOOH come on .
From far he looks like a TURTLE DOVE – or not ?
Ask the five officials from the former meeting please .
#2 Comment By just an expat On September 3, 2022 @ 9:55 pm
the season should be closed right now – it is obvious the hunters cannot be trusted to abide by the rules so the only way is to penalise everybody then maybe the hunters will do something about this themselves. They can stop it – if they want to.
#3 Comment By Bluemerill On September 4, 2022 @ 12:57 pm
Disappointed and disgusted.