A woman was reportedly hit three times by hunting pellets while walking two dogs in the Selmun countryside, prompting condemnation from BirdLife Malta. According to a social media post by the dogs’ owner, the woman was walking them at around 6.30am in the Il-Qortin area, above Triq l-Imġiebaħ, when the incident occurred. The owner claimed hunters fired
Hundreds of Turtle Doves were shot across Malta on Monday after storms over the Mediterranean triggered a major influx of migrating birds, with BirdLife Malta also reporting the shooting and injury of several protected species. According to BirdLife Malta, Sunday’s storms caused a “bird-fall” phenomenon, forcing large numbers of migrating birds to
Sunday’s storms over the Mediterranean Sea surrounding the Maltese Islands caused a bird-fall phenomenon, bringing abundant numbers of various bird species seeking shelter on the islands as they migrate south towards the African continent, BirdLife Malta said in a statement on Monday evening. But many of these migratory species faced a fraught period
The turtle dove hunting season has been closed with immediate effect after the overall seasonal bag limit was reached, as reports emerge of people being injured by hunting pellets in different parts of Malta. The decision to close the season was announced by the government after the overall seasonal bag limit for turtle dove was reached. The closure
