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