Hunters react as CABS promise to employ every legal means to end spring hunting

Updated - adds hunters' reaction The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (Cabs) has written to Prime Minister Joseph Muscat promising to employ every legal means to put an end to spring hunting in Malta. In a statement this morning, it said it will be sending 20 bird guards to Malta and Gozo for this year’s spring hunting season, the organisation said today. It said in a statement that the bird protection camp will run from April 19 to 30. As in previous years roost areas of protected birds of prey, storks and herons would be monitored around the clock to protect them from poachers. Trapping sites would also be monitored and bird trapping activity would be reported to the environmental police, it said. Cabs said that operations this year would be concentrated on the poaching hotspots identified during previous camps, including the area of the international airport, Delimara and Gozo. The costs of the camp, nicknamed 'Operation Skyfall´ is expected to reach  €18,000 and would be covered by private donations and a grant from the German Foundation Pro Biodiversity. Cabs said that last week it wrote to Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and promised that it would employ every legal means to...