malta should consider moratorium on turtle dove hunting, says eu /

European commission investigating violations of the EU bird directive after Malta allows 5000 turtle doves to be shot,says Karmenu VellaMalta should consider a temporary ban on the shooting of turtle doves which are being driven to extinction by hunting and other pressures, the EU’s environment chief has said.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) put turtledoves on its Red List of species threatened with extinction for the first time final October.
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Source: theguardian.com