![[WATCH] Balloons will be banned from public events in strategy to eliminate single-use plastic](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui/images/photos/herrera_and_balloons.jpg)
A new strategy is proposing a list of measures including increased excise duty on plastic carrier bags and restrictions on items like straws and cotton buds after 2021
![[WATCH] Black Kite shot down over Addolorata cemetery after hunting season closes](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui/images/photos/screen_shot_2019-05-04_at_1.28.11_pm.png)
The total number of known illegally shot protected species in 2019 now stands at 36
Malta’s 200 beekeepers suffer funding loss due to ‘copy-paste’ EU rules
Maltese beekeepers are losing out on a €125 per bee box subsidy from the EU because of laws that apply to larger member states
Maltese beekeepers are losing out on a €125 per bee...
Emergency from inside the world of the Maltese honey bee
Meet the beesavers: they are taking starving honey bees out of urban zones so...
Meet the beesavers: they are taking starving honey bees out...
![[WATCH] Keeping watch on Maltese hunters, from the break of dawn](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/300/0/img_1775.jpg)
[WATCH] Keeping watch on Maltese hunters, from the break of dawn
Every morning, BirdLife officials patrol popular hunting spots, searching for...
Every morning, BirdLife officials patrol popular hunting...
‘Sputnik traps’ being used to trap Turtle Doves by Gozitan poachers
Poacher watchdog CABS finds massive vertical mist nest of 100 square metres
Poacher watchdog CABS finds massive vertical mist nest of...
![[WATCH] BirdLife anticipating ‘open season’ on turtle dove, as quail hunting season opens](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/300/0/turtle_dove.png)
[WATCH] BirdLife anticipating ‘open season’ on turtle dove, as quail hunting season opens
The NGO has released a video explaining the differences between quail which can be legally hunted and turtle dove, the hunting of which is illegal
The NGO has released a video explaining the differences...
![[WATCH] 500 killifish specially bred for threatened saline marshland in Marsaskala](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/300/0/image-4.png)
[WATCH] 500 killifish specially bred for threatened saline marshland in Marsaskala
500 new hatches of killifish were especially bred to populate the threatened il-Magħluq in Marsaskala after the endemic fish dwindled to just five pairs...
500 new hatches of killifish were especially bred to...
BirdLife: Opening spring hunting season will put Malta back into EU court
BirdLife and hunting lobby to meet in Ornis committee over request to lift moratorium on hunting of turtle dove in spring
BirdLife and hunting lobby to meet in Ornis committee over...
Maltese hunters claim they will shoot less birds if spring moratorium is lifted
Hunting federation FKNK demands two-week hunting season in spring and pledges not to exceed 7,000 bag limit for turtle dove
Hunting federation FKNK demands two-week hunting season in...
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[WATCH] Puma owner posts Facebook video of controversial enclosure
Owner of puma shows off enclosure on Facebook video after animal rights groups...
Owner of puma shows off enclosure on Facebook video after...
![[WATCH] At the first signs of spring, BirdLife extends opening hours of nature reserves](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/300/0/2_barn_swallow_photo_by_denis_cachia.jpg)
[WATCH] At the first signs of spring, BirdLife extends opening hours of nature reserves
The first small flocks of barn swallows are a sign of the start of the spring bird migration over Malta
The first small flocks of barn swallows are a sign of...
![[WATCH] Barn owls set to return to the Maltese wild, parliamentary secretary says](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/300/0/26_index.jpg)
[WATCH] Barn owls set to return to the Maltese wild, parliamentary secretary says
After five NGOs received financial aid to promote the conservation of wild birds, Parliamentary Secretary for Animal Rights Clint Camilleri inaugurated the...
After five NGOs received financial aid to promote the...
Fate of Killifish main concern during PA meeting on Magħluq dredging
Dredging works are needed at Marsaskala’s Magħluq to improve water...
Dredging works are needed at Marsaskala’s Magħluq to...
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Rift in lobby as St Hubert Hunters express support for wildlife crime unit
FKNK says St Hubert Hunters are not supporting turtle dove season over fears of abusive hunting
FKNK says St Hubert Hunters are not supporting turtle dove...
Diving community reports worrying decline of fish
DIver associations have voiced concern over diminished underwater...
DIver associations have voiced concern over...
BirdLife demands closure of hunting season following 'massacre' at sea
BirdLife said it was also calling on the government to close the hunting season at sea in view of the fact that 2018 was a record year for the illegal killing...
BirdLife said it was also calling on the government to...
Malta’s iconic golden limestone granted global heritage stone status
The soft golden limestone that gave Malta its traditional houses, corbelled country walls and its temples joins a global league of top rocks
The soft golden limestone that gave Malta its traditional...
![[WATCH] When Jose Herrera bought a field to teach his children what a butterfly is](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/300/0/arbor_day.jpg)
[WATCH] When Jose Herrera bought a field to teach his children what a butterfly is
On Arbor Day the Environment Minister joined Nature Trust volunteers for tree-planting at Wied Għollieqa valley
On Arbor Day the Environment Minister joined Nature Trust...
Maltese Ferule recognised as endemic species
The Environment Authority has announced the designation of a new endemic...
The Environment Authority has announced the designation of...
