USE THE INFLUENCE OF GERMAN TOUR COMPANIES TO HELP MALTA'S BIRDS
MORE TOURISTS TO MALTA?
The German Condor company, a leading global leisure airline, plans to
bring about 50,000 tourists to Malta from Germany this summer and next
winter. Condor is owned by the German Lufthansa airline.
Both Lufthansa and its junior company Condor have close association with
birds and environmental protection.
Lufthansa's emblem is the Common Crane and the company is involved in
Crane protection schemes in Germany and Spain. Condor, as its name
implies, has the world's largest bird of prey, the Andean Condor, as its
emblem.
THE SLAUGHTER OF MIGRANT BIRDS ON MALTA CONTINUES UNABATED.
... every year, including large numbers of Common Cranes every Autumn.
These companies, with their public commitment to the protection of birds
and the environment, cannot turn a blind eye to the massacre of migrant
birds on the Maltese islands. They not only profit from the tourist
trade; they also have influence with the Maltese authorities as the
islands are singularly dependent on the tourist industry from Germany
and Britain. It is time that they were made aware of their moral
commitments; and put their influence to use. This applies equally to the
nature and environmental organisations NABU and BUND who receive
sponsorship (money) from the companies and, in turn, add respectability
to the latter's operations.
Go to < http://www.proactnow.org/malta/id25.html > read the background and
send
a mail to Condor, Lufthansa & Co.
Malta
SAMPLE LETTER TO THE TOURIST COMPANIES AND NATURE ORGANISATIONS
Copy the text below - or use your own text - and send to:
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To:
Condor Individuell
Lufthansa AG
Karstadt/Quelle AG
Thomas Cook AG
Copy to:
BUND - Dr. Norbert Franck
NABU Kranichzentrum
THE SLAUGHTER OF MIGRANT BIRDS ON MALTA MUST STOP
Dear Sir,
Dear Madam,
Once again reports from Malta record the slaughter of hundreds, yes
hundreds, of Honey Buzzards during their annual migration to their breeding
grounds in Central and Northern Europe.
In a recent press release Condor Individuell, in which you all have
considerable proprietary and financial interest, announced its plans to fly
50,000 German tourist to Malta in this summer and winter. Each of your
companies prides itself on its environmental commitment. Condor and
Lufthansa both have majestic birds as their company emblem. Lufthansa, in
cooperation with the Nature Protection Association (Naturschutzbund NABU),
WWF-Germany and the European Natural Heritage Foundation (Euronatur),
support projects for the protection of the Common Crane in Germany and
Extremadura, Spain. What about Malta?
"Every year in November flocks of cranes fly over Malta. Many of these get
shot. One rest area they prefer is actually the airfield itself - a no
shooting area due to the danger posed to planes - but nevertheless cranes
resting there still get shot."
A BirdLife Malta member and Proact supporter on Malta.
We appeal to you to extend your commitment for nature protection to the
Maltese islands. Malta is singularly dependent on tourism and your companies
can, if you live up to your declared environmental principles, use your
considerable influence with the Malta Tourist Authority and other government
departments to - at the very least - express your abhorrence of the
bi-annual bird massacres. You can obtain more and detailed information from
the Proact website at www.proactnow.org/malta and BirdLife Malta at
www.birdlifemalta.com
In the hope that you, and your environmental partners BUND and NABU, make a
determined effort to assist in preventing such senseless brutality in a
modern Europe we remain,
Yours sincerely,
(Name and Address)
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David Conlin
Proact International
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David Conlin
Proact - Biex tissieheb ma jiswiek xejn... izda jiswa hafna
ghall-ghasafar!
www.proactnow.org
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