Maltese Spring Hunting

["Peter Cowper" <>]

The shooting of birds as a national past-time is not restricted to the Mediterranean countries. I have recently been in Kuwait and will be returning in a few weeks, but during my first stay I went birding several times and saw ample evidence of shooting being a very common recreational activity. I was not aware of there being a declared season for shooting in Kuwait and am not sure it would make much of a difference to the majority of shooters

 

I have a few pics on Flickr with accompanying notes and map references for anybody interested: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cowper/466275248/

 

 

On 15/05/07, martin butterfield <> wrote:

The implication from the Euro-targetting of Malta is that other European nations have effectively ceased their similar activities.  Does anyone know whether that is still the case?

 

There are also moves afoot through the African affiliates of BI to try to put pressure on from that end of the migration chain.

 

Martin

 

On 5/15/07, Esme Barker & Bruce Ramsay <m("velocitynet.com.au","barkeramsay");" target="_blank"> > wrote:

Just to follow on from Phillip's recent email, interested readers can get more information from the Birdlife International website - its latest news report was dated 10 April and can be found through the link below.

 

Bruce

 

 

http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2007/04/malta_hunting_start.html