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Don’t mind the long grass, Ħaż-Żebbuġ is feeding the bees

Ħaż-Żebbuġ local council allowing roadside grass to flourish in Spring to allow more food resources for visiting honeybees and wild bees

CABS slams ‘unofficial’ spring hunting of turtle doves as court case remains pending

The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) says hunters have been observed hunting in forested areas associated with the turtle dove, despite a court injunction prohibiting the...

BirdLife Malta renew call for setting up of wildlife crime unit in pre-election document

NGO publishes 10 proposals to safeguard the environment, which include the stopping of construction projects in ODZ sites, setting up a wildlife crime unit in...

NGO publishes 10 proposals to safeguard the environment,...

[WATCH] European court decision on finch trapping will be respected – Muscat

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat says a Labour administration would respect the decision of the European Court of Justice

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat says a Labour administration...

Former BirdLife director: ‘Busuttil had said he was against spring hunting’

Former BirdLife director says Simon Busuttil had told BirdLife Malta that he was against spring hunting ahead of the 2015 referendum

Former BirdLife director says Simon Busuttil had told...

[WATCH] Opening autumn trapping season will harm Malta’s EU court case - Busuttil

Simon Busuttil dismisses Joseph Muscat's renewed challenge to resign if inquiry finds no connection between Prime Minister and Egrant

Simon Busuttil dismisses Joseph Muscat's renewed...

Ornis Committee recommends autumn finch-trapping season

As the country awaits the decision of the European Court of Justice, the...

As the country awaits the decision of the European Court of...

BirdLife Malta calls for independent wildlife police unit

BirdLife Malta has called for an independent wildlife police unit to be...

BirdLife Malta has called for an independent wildlife...

AD pokes holes at Labour’s Sant' Antnin recycling plant proposal

Green Party Alternattiva Demokratika has criticised the Labour Party's...

Green Party Alternattiva Demokratika has criticised the...

BirdLife Malta joins coastal clean-up in bid to protect endemic seabirds

BirdLife Malta participated in a clean-up in L-Ahrax tal-Mellieha, in a bid to protect endemic seabirds from rats by reducing the amount of rubbish...

BirdLife Malta participated in a...

Police arrest man filmed shooting turtle dove

The live decoy the man was using was released by officials from the Wild Birds...

The live decoy the man was using was released by officials...

[WATCH] Birds shot down by hunters in Malta take to the skies once again

Watch this footage of a Marsh Harrier and a Night Heron taking to the skies once again after they were both recovered during this year’s spring...

Watch this footage of a Marsh Harrier and a Night Heron...

CABS films 'gang' of five turtle dove trappers in Mellieha

CABS has filmed a group of five men trapping protected turtle doves in a...

CABS has filmed a group of five men trapping protected...

[WATCH] Gozo police shout and scream at Chris Packham, then claim he assaulted landowners

BBC presenter Chris Packham was acquitted of charges of assaulting landowners of a trapping site, as video emerges of Gozo police's disproportionate...

BBC presenter Chris Packham was acquitted of charges of...

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[WATCH] BBC presenter Chris Packham cleared of assault, trespass charges

BBC Springwatch presenter Chris Packham acquitted of assault and trespass after magistrates finds that the prosecution had not presented enough evidence to...

BBC Springwatch presenter Chris Packham acquitted of...

Police charge BBC naturalist Chris Packham with insulting bird trappers in Gozo

BBC naturalist Chris Packham was in Gozo to monitor bird trappers when police filed charges against him for allegedly insulting trappers

BBC naturalist Chris Packham was in Gozo to monitor bird...

Hunter has licence permanently revoked, fined €5,000 for shooting protected bird

A man has had his hunting license permanently revoked and was fined €5,000 after being found guilty of shooting a protected bird last week

A man has had his hunting license permanently revoked and...

Updated | FKNK questions CABS presence in police operation

The federation noted that CABS activists have been frequently found to have...

The federation noted that CABS activists have been...

First ever: black-winged kite sighted in Malta

Falcon-sized bird primarily associated with open land and semi-deserts in...

Falcon-sized bird primarily associated with open land and...

13 protected birds shot down during spring hunting season

BirdLife Malta says casualties could have been avoided if government had...

BirdLife Malta says casualties could have been avoided if...