BirdLife and Roderick Galdes clash over promotion of bird trapping event

Updated 7.55pm - Added Roderick Galdes statement Animal Rights parliamentary secretary Roderick Galdes has drawn the ire of BirdLife Malta after official photos showed him posing alongside bird trappers to promote one of their events.  Calling Mr Galdes' behaviour "unacceptable", BirdLife Malta said Mr Galdes had opted to stand side-by-side with a person convicted of being in possession of 20 carcasses of protected birds.  "Rather than distancing himself from those who do not respect our environment and conservation laws, the Hon. Galdes opts to organise events with them," the NGO said in a statement. "This dents the credibility of the Hon. Galdes when stating that he is fighting illegalities in relation to nature laws." Mr Galdes was posing alongside organisers of a bird trapping symposium due to be held tomorrow in Buskett. The event will feature exhibits of birds and hunting dogs, a discussion about bird trapping and an address by an FKNK official.   The parliamentary secretary shared the photos on his Facebook page as well as that of his parliamentary secretariat.   In a reply issued by his secretariat, Mr Galdes said that the Buskett activity encouraged legal trapping in...