this is the video clip of the interview:

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Also I sent this as an open letter to the press:

Perfect Slander

Can Chris Packham the BBC Sprngwatch presenter brought over by Birdlife Malta explain how with a voluntary crew of BBC freelancers, other than 5 illegally shot birds he was not able to substantiate his ” five days watching birds illegally shot down” by at least capturing one bird being shot down on film.

On the April 29 BBC Breakfast Show in reply to my statement he referred to “many birds in ditches, swifts and swallows used for target practice”, and yet not one was documented.

He was reported by the London Times as coming to Malta to film “thousands of Maltese hunters shooting millions of migratory birds”. yet after correcting this blaming it upon a translation error and after all the hype not one was filmed being shot.

Packham is fooling the Maltese and British public and his allegations are totally slanderous and false.

Packham came in support of Birdlife Malta who for years have been lobbying to end spring hunting. He rendered an impeccable service in support of this cause apart from generating 50,000 euro for Birdlife Malta thanks to his sweet talk

What he still needs to prove is the truth.

That too could have been predicted.

[Daphne – I didn’t hear them, Mark, because they were not covered in the headlines in the UK press, which is the subject here. However, if you wish to write a piece, send it in and I will upload it as a guest post.]

Why should there be a drop in tourisim from England?

The British still flock to Spain even though they have bull fights there.

[Daphne – The Spanish kill their own bulls, Mr Loporto, not migratory ones on their way to and from Britain.]

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Actually Chris Packham has courted controversy on many occasions by suggesting the reduction of the human population to alleviate the pressure on wildlife.

I find this very worrying.

Muscat seems to think there is nothing wrong with tampering with the referendum law. Ironically he is quite right about the Opposition’s fence-sitting on this one. Equally shameful in my view.

The Opposition’s stand should be on the lines of – look we got you hunters the derogation but if a majority of people think we were wrong in obtaining it then we will bow to the democratic will. Very simple…or am I missing something?

Again the Opposition seems to be walking blindfold into the PM’s trap, which I find very unnerving to say the least.

“Times of Malta is informed the government has informally told FKNK members that it will go along with their proposal to block the referendum if they manage to gather a good number of thousands of signatures in their ongoing petition.

Dr Muscat insisted that spring hunting must continue, irrespective of whether a referendum is held.”

So much for a “Gvern li jisma'”.

I honestly hope that the referendum is held and government is not scared of losing face or votes if the rightful will of the people are in favour of abolishing spring hunting. AD have nothing to lose but its thanks to them if we got as far.

Shouldn’t there be another option: “Disagree, the government is lying yet again. The deficit does not agree with the increase in the national debt”?