There is no need for the birds to be gone in order that hunters start shooting each other, there were already such incidents, and all it takes is some aggressive competition over a shot bird.

Of course they can. And everyone else is free to say that hunters are myopic, transferring their vote to whoever allows them to pull the trigger, regardless of all other issues and concerns.

The UK has a population of 63 million. So if 22 million birds are shot annually, that means approximately one bird for every 3 people living in the UK.
Malta has a population of 415,000. So if over 397,000 birds are shot annually, that means almost one bird for every person living in Malta.
This comparison shows that in Malta 3 times as many birds (per capita) are shot in Malta when compared to the UK.

They might as well get on with it. As for us, seeing birds fly freely in the open skies, is just a dream. These horrible people cannot look up and appreciate the beauty of nature. I wouldn’t mind them targeting eachother if that meant more birds in the sky.

What a very comforting thing to learn about the nice thoughts from certain morons. I can certainly confirm birds wil be here for far longer than cetian fools that inhabit this planet. So live up to your name and have a Ball before your time comes. Following whcih hunters will still be hunting birds and certain fools will still be preaching gloom and doom. This sort will also still be wishing bad things upon fellow humans that might not see eye to eye on whether birds, that are considered as edible game, are shot or simply differentiated from the poultry we have “cultivated” for our consumption.

Just for the record. Birds shot in spring over Malta do not have “young birds being reared” since being still on migration they would not have even mated. Also this form of shooting contrary to your ideals got the full approval of the EU commission after an European Court ruling. so the “lawlessness” is only your own perception.

Just for the record. Birds shot in spring over Malta do not have “young birds being reared” since being still on migration they would not have even mated. Also this form of shooting contrary to your ideals got the full approval of the EU commission after an European Court ruling. so the “lawlessness” is only your own perception.

If hunters, according to you, are myopic, the least I can say is they have every right to insist that their privilige to shoot birds just like any other European hunter is respected by succesive prime ministers who clearly all dismiss the nonsense thrown against Maltese hunters.

Galian – WOW! but fact is Malta does not have the same land area so stick to documented fact rather than your matehmatical assumptions.