Chilling words aren't they? This is the Maltese hunter's chilling motto: "If it flies, it dies". Here is my opinion, morons of Malta: the wanton massacre of migrant birds is an act of desecration and sacrilege. It is not a sport or a tradition - it is mass murder. And many of the millions of birds you shoot are not killed. They are maimed and die agonising, slow deaths. You so called 'hunters' disgust me. You use our migrating birds for target practice. You don't shoot for food, you shoot for fun. Each year you kill millions of migrant birds as they arrive over Malta, often exhausted and looking for landfall to rest and feed. And then they come into your gunsights. And it shows that you don't give a fuck about the devastation you wreak with this appalling destruction of our wildlife.
Malta is a member of the EU, which has banned Spring Hunting and yet Malta has been granted permission to ignore the law. Why? The 'hunters' claim their traditional right to "harvest" Turtle Doves and Quail, which used to be amongst the commonest migrants. But not any more. I cannot recall the last time I saw a Turtle Dove or heard a Quail calling. No need to wonder why. You monsters shoot anything: hen harriers, marsh harriers, kites, kestrels, black winged stilts, herons - anything that flies.
There is however some hope. The people of Malta want to deal with this issue. Through the hard work of BirdLife Malta a public referendum has been called for, through the gathering of 40,000 signatures on a petition. The weak Maltese government is now looking to hold a referendum in Spring 2015 and this should, if people power wins, bring about a ban.
Bill Oddie visited Malta this Spring and made a film that can be viewed here: http://www.league.org.uk/our-campaigns/shooting/the-shooting-of-migratory-birds-in-malta/film-shooting-of-migratory-birds-in-malta-2014
Please watch this film and then if you can please donate to the cause to stop this cruelty once and for all.
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