"However, various estimates have been made by different persons and these range from 1,5 million to 3 million birds shot annually." Mangion says that the Maltese authorities have stepped up their ...

Maltese bird breeders, members of the Malta Cage Bird Association, last week won 23 prizes of which 11 were gold, at an international cage bird competition in Reggio di Calabria, Italy. The ...

If that’s the cost of getting the message across that birds we expect to see in our gardens are dead in some Maltese field because of this senseless slaughter, I’m willing to pay the price.” ...

Three Maltese nationals were arrested in Italy following the discovery of 180 carcasses of protected birds at Milan’s Linate Airport.The Maltese were stopped by Customs officers on their way ...

The Maltese prime minister, Lawrence Gonzi, snubbed a 115,000-signature petition from British conservationists yesterday protesting against the continuing slaughter of migrant birds. After Mr ...

Ornithologist Marie Claire Gatt has become the first Maltese woman to hold a bird-ringing licence issued by the Maltese Bird Ringing Scheme in its 47-year history. Bird ringing in Malta is run by ...