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Message: <blockquote data-quote="A CHAPLIN" data-source="post: 1299793" data-attributes="member: 5088">Hi Steve, I have received this article from the Times Malta this morning and think you will see what we are all up against.  I tried to copy just one paragraph but that didn't work. Everybody can read it for themselves, much easier than going to the Times site.  The paragraph about foreign birdwatchers, David Conlin and the CAB's team is of course out of context, to me anyway, twisted.  They were there to protect the birds which the law abiding hunters and citizens should have been doing in the first place. Ann Tuesday, 30th September 2008<a href="http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080930/letters/punishing-all-to-get-at-the-few" target="_blank">http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080930/letters/punishing-all-to-get-at-the-few</a>Punishing all to get at the fewAnthony Caruana, SliemaI read with great interest the letter Lament Of A Law Abiding Hunter, by Publio Danny Rosso (September 26) and fully endorse the views and arguments he brought forward. These truly represent the views of the majority of law-abiding hunters.We cannot be held responsible for the control of illegal hunting.CABS and Birdlife are playing on the fact that due to insufficient resources and other logistical problems it is difficult for the FKNK, the government and police to control and contain this problem, and because of this they have asked the government to apply a blanket punishment on all hunters.By the same token football should be banned all over the world because of the criminal behaviour of some of the club supporters which often ends in tragedy. Can one imagine the reaction of all football lovers if this were to happen?Comment ========================================MARK MIFSUD BONNICII too endorse Mr. Rosso's views. However I tend to disagree that the problem of illegal hunting cannot be controlled.Government can, to say the least save face. Illegal hunting takes place during peak raptor migration. Mid May to end May and mid September to end September. On Birdlife's insistance Government chose to implement a 2 week ban in September. This proved utterly useless as the number of poachers caught was insignificant.Kaccaturi San Ubertu put forward a proposal whereby the monies collected from our licenses go towards the setting up of an environment warden system. We also proposed that the hunting area in Malta be split up into zones each with its own warden unit, Government has ignored this proposal, not even acknowledged it. It seems the presence of foreign birdwatchers who are not interested in controlling this abuse, but of amplifying it to their benefit, is Governments </blockquote>

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