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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Cantelo" data-source="post: 1327681" data-attributes="member: 2844">Thank you, Gallina for the above information.  I wouldn't pretend to be wholly 'in touch' with bird protection measures in Malta which is why I asked.  However, the point is that I listed evidence of real and effectual conservation success stories illustrating a direct and substantial improvement in the actual population of a number of species - all of which would very quickly be blasted to kingdom come had they appeared on Malta.  This, I would suggest, rather dents your claim that there is some sort of parity in the situation regarding the UK and Malta.  Promising to protect a handful of areas, however welcome, means little unless they can be effectively policed and managed.  Similarly, stringent laws are utterly useless unless enforced with rigor; how many prosecutions have these laws resulted in?  It shouldn't be too hard to catch and prosecute offenders on Malta,John</blockquote>