Conservationists urge EU to capture action against Malta for continuing the spring hunt despite the birds recently being added to ‘red list’ of species at risk of being wiped outHunters in Malta will be permitted to shoot 5000 turtle doves this spring despite the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently adding the migratory bird to the “red list” of species at risk of being wiped out.
The Maltese government,the only EU member to allow recreational spring hunting, said it was taking “special measures” to minimise the impact of its shoot on the bird’s plummeting population, or cutting the shooters’ allowance from 11000 birds. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com