An injured barn owl was discovered in the wooded area of Buskett, prompting NGO BirdLife Malta to call on the hunting federation, Federazzjoni Kaccaturi Nassaba Konservazzjonisti (FKNK), to step up enforcement and crack down on illegal hunting. The owl belonged to FKNK’s own reintroduction initiative aimed at restoring the species. It was found just
A barn owl that formed part of the hunters' and conservationists' federation FKNK's reintroduction project-intended to restore this species to the wild-was recently targeted by illegal hunting. The news was announced on Facebook by BirdLife Malta, which said the owl was found injured just a few metres from the reintroduction site at Buskett, "an area
BirdLife is urging the hunters' federation to call for increased hunting enforcement after one of FKNK's barn owls was found injured by a family in Buskett. In a video on Facebook, BirdLife Malta said a barbaġann thar forms part of the Federazzjoni Kaccaturi Nassaba Konservazzjonisti's project aimed at reintroducing the barn owl species to the wild,