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Several emails from the last few weeks
Sorry I have been away without internet access and have just caught up with emails from this org. These may interest some of you !
25th SeptemberMedia Statement for IMMEDIATE Release:
“Labour said our demands were possible”
The Federation for Hunting & Conservation – Malta (FKNK) refers to the article published in the issue of the Sunday Times of the 23rd. September 2012 (and on its internet portal) wherein it was stated that: “The Labour Party has promised hunters it will amend legislation regulating the spring and autumn hunting seasons as well as the number of birds which can be shot, according to the hunters’ federation president”
This article in both its factual content and in the corresponding implications is, in its most important aspects misleading, untrue and incorrect. This ‘right-of-reply’ media release is precisely being made to clarify matters and state the truth, as the FKNK has always done:
- The FKNK President NEVER made the above statement;
- The fact that the FKNK has been involved in continuous discussions with representatives of the Labour Party on a technical basis has been publicly stated before and is no secret. The same can be said for meetings that have resumed with the Nationalist Party, also on a technical platform. The FKNK has always and will continue to do its utmost to safeguard the rights of its thousands of members and such meetings (as is the case with meetings on other areas represented by their respective associations and entities) normally culminate close to general elections time in official declarations issued by the FKNK on the position of both parties on the issue; no more, no less;
- The FKNK has NOT recently requested revision of hunting and trapping regulations with any emphasis on a tenfold increase in the bag limit. The FKNK has been requesting revision of regulations, including to the 2010 framework legislation, since enactment of Legal Notice 79 of 2006, and NEVER made any emphasis on a tenfold increase in the bag limit. This ‘tenfold increase’ is nothing short of a manipulation of an FKNK Press Conference address of the 10th instant, which can be accessed from: http://www.huntinginmalta.org.mt/uploads/53/865/Press_Konf_ECJ_anniv_10-09-12.pdf .
Whilst it is not clear as to what occasioned the grave misrepresentation of facts contained in this article, the extent of such misrepresentation is very substantial and goes well beyond what may normally be acceptable and thus required immediate redress. FKNK would like to think that the incorrectness of this article is not occasioned by any particular underlying agenda which has nothing to do with the facts at issue.
To try to warp facts and statements to make them sound blatantly in favour of one political party or another is not really sound journalism and if this article is anything to go by, then the FKNK feels sympathy for our citizens that are only being fed sensational elements interpreted in a manner that aspire to reach the agenda of a particular journalist or other.
In view of the implications of various incorrect and untrue statements in this article, the FKNK will be seeking legal advice in order to safeguard its interests and those of its members.
Lino Farrugia
Secretary General
23rd September Image for this is attached !!!!
‘Grandmaster’ CABS Overlooking Maltese Countryside from Atop Nadur Tower limits of Rabat Malta (Photo: FKNK)
‘Grandmaster’ CABS!
German based group, CABS’ arrogance, disrespect and disregard of legislation, privacy, data protection and private property know no limits, in the Maltese islands.
It seems as if the local authorities have no power to prevent CABS from breaching laws and regulations. Over and above, the local government imposes an afternoon hunting ban every September (nothing to do with EU regulations) when CABS personnel descend on our islands and are free to roam our countryside, be this private or State owned, they do not care, to play policemen.
Earlier this week, the Federation for Hunting & Conservation – Malta (FKNK) filed an official report with the Commissioner of Police against CABS, since these, yet again, trespassed into the FKNK’s Hunting Reserve at Miżieb.
Today, one sees a CABS personnel overseeing the Maltese countryside from atop the historic building of Nadur Tower which is found at the limits of Rabat, Malta. From up there this person must believe to be another foreign ruler of the Maltese islands, as were the Grandmasters from the Order of St. John who ruled the islands between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, and who had in fact erected Nadur Tower.
Lino Farrugia
Secretary General
20th September
The Prime Minister in a Meeting with FKNK Officials
A delegation of top officials from the Federation for Hunting & Conservation - Malta (FKNK), led by its President Mr. Joe Perici Calascione, met the Prime Minister, Dr. Lawrence Gonzi and the Minister responsible for Tourism, Culture and the Environment, Dr. Mario Demarco.
The meeting focused on hunting and trapping issues particularly on the application of a derogation from the “Birds” Directive to open an autumn/winter trapping season. FKNK reiterated their opinion, as expressed during the Ornis Committee meeting, that such a derogation can be applied to permit trapping for the seven finch species.
The Prime Minister referred to the reasoned opinion that Malta received in relation to the application of past trapping derogations and said that government was considering solely the application of a derogation to permit trapping on two species, the golden plover and the song thrush, as recommended by the Ornis Committee.
During this meeting other topics were discussed including spring hunting, fixed autumn/winter hunting seasons, CABS and 'drones', the Majjistral Park, close-rings for captive bred birds, wild rabbit hunting and trapping, the carnet de chasse and law enforcement. Other matters discussed, which concern the Tourism and Environment Ministry were Birders’ Tourists and the Natural History Museum Curator.
At the end of the meeting it was confirmed that other meetings on a regular basis would ensue between the Ministries and the FKNK to further tackle all issues discussed.
Lino Farrugia
Secretary General
Sorry I have been away without internet access and have just caught up with emails from this org. These may interest some of you !
25th SeptemberMedia Statement for IMMEDIATE Release:
“Labour said our demands were possible”
The Federation for Hunting & Conservation – Malta (FKNK) refers to the article published in the issue of the Sunday Times of the 23rd. September 2012 (and on its internet portal) wherein it was stated that: “The Labour Party has promised hunters it will amend legislation regulating the spring and autumn hunting seasons as well as the number of birds which can be shot, according to the hunters’ federation president”
This article in both its factual content and in the corresponding implications is, in its most important aspects misleading, untrue and incorrect. This ‘right-of-reply’ media release is precisely being made to clarify matters and state the truth, as the FKNK has always done:
- The FKNK President NEVER made the above statement;
- The fact that the FKNK has been involved in continuous discussions with representatives of the Labour Party on a technical basis has been publicly stated before and is no secret. The same can be said for meetings that have resumed with the Nationalist Party, also on a technical platform. The FKNK has always and will continue to do its utmost to safeguard the rights of its thousands of members and such meetings (as is the case with meetings on other areas represented by their respective associations and entities) normally culminate close to general elections time in official declarations issued by the FKNK on the position of both parties on the issue; no more, no less;
- The FKNK has NOT recently requested revision of hunting and trapping regulations with any emphasis on a tenfold increase in the bag limit. The FKNK has been requesting revision of regulations, including to the 2010 framework legislation, since enactment of Legal Notice 79 of 2006, and NEVER made any emphasis on a tenfold increase in the bag limit. This ‘tenfold increase’ is nothing short of a manipulation of an FKNK Press Conference address of the 10th instant, which can be accessed from: http://www.huntinginmalta.org.mt/uploads/53/865/Press_Konf_ECJ_anniv_10-09-12.pdf .
Whilst it is not clear as to what occasioned the grave misrepresentation of facts contained in this article, the extent of such misrepresentation is very substantial and goes well beyond what may normally be acceptable and thus required immediate redress. FKNK would like to think that the incorrectness of this article is not occasioned by any particular underlying agenda which has nothing to do with the facts at issue.
To try to warp facts and statements to make them sound blatantly in favour of one political party or another is not really sound journalism and if this article is anything to go by, then the FKNK feels sympathy for our citizens that are only being fed sensational elements interpreted in a manner that aspire to reach the agenda of a particular journalist or other.
In view of the implications of various incorrect and untrue statements in this article, the FKNK will be seeking legal advice in order to safeguard its interests and those of its members.
Lino Farrugia
Secretary General
23rd September Image for this is attached !!!!
‘Grandmaster’ CABS Overlooking Maltese Countryside from Atop Nadur Tower limits of Rabat Malta (Photo: FKNK)
‘Grandmaster’ CABS!
German based group, CABS’ arrogance, disrespect and disregard of legislation, privacy, data protection and private property know no limits, in the Maltese islands.
It seems as if the local authorities have no power to prevent CABS from breaching laws and regulations. Over and above, the local government imposes an afternoon hunting ban every September (nothing to do with EU regulations) when CABS personnel descend on our islands and are free to roam our countryside, be this private or State owned, they do not care, to play policemen.
Earlier this week, the Federation for Hunting & Conservation – Malta (FKNK) filed an official report with the Commissioner of Police against CABS, since these, yet again, trespassed into the FKNK’s Hunting Reserve at Miżieb.
Today, one sees a CABS personnel overseeing the Maltese countryside from atop the historic building of Nadur Tower which is found at the limits of Rabat, Malta. From up there this person must believe to be another foreign ruler of the Maltese islands, as were the Grandmasters from the Order of St. John who ruled the islands between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, and who had in fact erected Nadur Tower.
Lino Farrugia
Secretary General
20th September
The Prime Minister in a Meeting with FKNK Officials
A delegation of top officials from the Federation for Hunting & Conservation - Malta (FKNK), led by its President Mr. Joe Perici Calascione, met the Prime Minister, Dr. Lawrence Gonzi and the Minister responsible for Tourism, Culture and the Environment, Dr. Mario Demarco.
The meeting focused on hunting and trapping issues particularly on the application of a derogation from the “Birds” Directive to open an autumn/winter trapping season. FKNK reiterated their opinion, as expressed during the Ornis Committee meeting, that such a derogation can be applied to permit trapping for the seven finch species.
The Prime Minister referred to the reasoned opinion that Malta received in relation to the application of past trapping derogations and said that government was considering solely the application of a derogation to permit trapping on two species, the golden plover and the song thrush, as recommended by the Ornis Committee.
During this meeting other topics were discussed including spring hunting, fixed autumn/winter hunting seasons, CABS and 'drones', the Majjistral Park, close-rings for captive bred birds, wild rabbit hunting and trapping, the carnet de chasse and law enforcement. Other matters discussed, which concern the Tourism and Environment Ministry were Birders’ Tourists and the Natural History Museum Curator.
At the end of the meeting it was confirmed that other meetings on a regular basis would ensue between the Ministries and the FKNK to further tackle all issues discussed.
Lino Farrugia
Secretary General