PRESS: BIRD PROTECTION CAMP MALTA AUTUMN 2007

PRESS REPORTS FROM MALTA BIRD PROTECTION CAMP AUTUMN 2007
Here are a selection of press reports and articles on the CABS bird protection camp on Malta in Autumn 2007:

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EU commissioner calls spring hunting madness

The Times, London: Flying storks and Malta

Parties urged to make declaration on spring hunting

EU gives Malta last chance on spring hunting

EU’s last warning: Ban spring hunting or face EU courts

Labour will not reopen Spring hunting season
Catholic Church on Malta condemns illegal hunting

CABS cites rampant abuse, calls for immediate closing of autumn hunting season

Other press articles, letters and cartoons can be found in the archives below:

Who said it was over?

Bird conservation groups have clashed with hunters on the island of Malta. (Daily Telegraph, London)

Afternoon hunting banned ‘to accommodate foreigners’

Tension mounts as hunters, ornithologists increasingly at odds

Birdwatchers hit by lead pellets in hunting incident

Hunters shooting themselves in the foot

Birdwatchers’ unpleasant surprise

BirdLife warns against hunters’ “xenophobic attitude”

Foreign birdwatchers cannot understand fuss by hunters

International ornithologists shocked at scale of Malta’s illegal hunting problem

Rogue hunters should not continue to be protected – FKNK

FKNK ‘dragging its feet’ on self-regulation

FKNK replies to minister

Ministry and MTA deplore ‘senseless’ act in Dwejra

Birdwatchers find dead species at observation post

Sigmar the eagle recovering in Berlin after surgery

Brandenburg Environment Minister condemns rare eagle shooting

One of Germany’s ‘1m Euro’ eagles wounded

PHOTOS OF SIGMAR THE EAGLE

VIP treatment for injured rare eagle

The eagle has landed

Sweeping the dust under the carpet

FKNK wants meeting with Archbishop

Miracles do happen!

No concrete results yet in police investigations into ranger shooting

China in the Mediterranean

A gunshot country

Readers’ letters to the Times of Malta

Cartoons

In addition there was considerable coverage in the German news media (newspapers and TV). Here are some links

German late night news (ARD) video clip – 28.09.2007

Berlin-Brandenburg regional news (RBB) – 28.09.2007

Schreiadler Sigmar in Sicherheit

Adler Sigmar – Tier-Ärzte flicken ihn zusammen

Schreiadler Sigmar stundenlang operiert

Schreiadler Sigmar zu Hause gelandet

Deutscher Adler über Malta abgeschossen