Mounted police to help monitor autumn hunting

The mounted police will form part of the autumn hunting monitoring team, made of up to 100 officers, in what the Government says is as an “unprecedented” effort to curb illegal bird shooting. The number of administrative law enforcement police officers was increased from 25 to 44, a spokeswoman for the Parliamentary Secretariat for Animals told Times of Malta. The Government said last week it would be beefing up enforcement during the hunting season, which started last Sunday, but did not give details. Read the full story in Times of Malta or on timesofmalta.com premium.