Hunters cannot avoid cruelty - German ambassador

Hunters cannot avoid committing animal cruelty, according to outgoing German Ambassador Hubert Ziegler. “Even if you are an experienced hunter, the day will come when you miss your target a little bit and the animal will be suffering, and it will be your fault,” Dr Ziegler said. Speaking in a personal capacity ahead of his retirement and without wishing to influence the general election, Dr Ziegler said Malta would be much more attractive to “quality” tourists if it shed its image as a hunting black spot. All German guidebooks to Malta contained a passage on “bird killing” which discouraged potential tourists from visiting, he pointed out. Full story in The Sunday Times.