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Authorities have prosecuted two Maltese hunters for the shooting of an endangered Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina). As discussed here, the hunting of birds during peak migration season is a major problem in Malta. One of the hunters has been fined, banned from hunting for 1 year and had his weapon confiscated. This hunter should [...]

We reported on the shooting of two California Condors here, but the hunting of birds is a global problem. Each year thousands of migratory species are gunned down in north Africa and Europe as they pass through traditional flyways. Many trigger-happy nations are responsible for this massacre, but the Mediterranean island of Malta is one [...]