Malta’s hunters still killing protected birds…

…in the name of so-called “tradition”. It’s autumn and once again Malta hits the headlines for all the wrong reasons. with the RSPB’s Graham Madge describing this blood-soaked archipelago as being “like a war zone, the smell of death is everywhere.” And yet people still go there for a ‘holiday’? A report on the mayhem can be found here and earlier report from a local newspaper is here.

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A passionate conservationist, vegetarian (and dairy-free since last week), I live on the Great Chalfield Estate in the Wiltshire (UK) countryside with my wife and daughter. I birded all over the world for twenty years before quitting my airline job in July 2010, and am now freelance. Follow me on Twitter @charliemoores

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