Malta prozvana u europskom parlamentu po pitanju lova na ptice
Europarlementarka Anja Hazekamp prozvala je malteškog premijera Josepha Muscata u europskom parlamentu da stane na kraj užasnom lovu na ptice selice. Hazekamp ga je prozvala tokom prve debate Malte kao predsjednika EU vijeća.
Prema statistikama organizacija za zaštitu prirode Malta godišnje ubije više o stotina tisuća ptica tokom sezone lova, ali i prije i poslije sezone. Malta se kao predsjednik EU vijeća ne može vjerdostojno boriti za dobrobit životinja dok je ova vrsta lova dozvoljena tvrdi Hazekamp.
“Milijune ptice selice koriste Maltu kao područje za odmor na svojoj ruti. No, mir i odmor teško nalaze. Trenutno izvan sezone lova desetak vrsta i dalje je na meti lovaca. Ako Malta ništa ne poduzme, lovci će u travnju ponovno usmrtiti desetak tisuća divljih grlica i prepelica. Druge, internacionalno zaštićene vrste također postaju žrtvama lova. Članice EU i organizacije za zaštitu prirode ulažu mnogo novaca i vremena u zaštitu naših ptica, no Malta u tome ne sudjeluje. Malteški lov na ptice je posve neprihvatljiv i kosi se s internacionalnim zakonima o zaštiti ptica. Malta ima izbor: želi li biti viđena kao lijepo mediteransko utočište za ptice ili kao ubojiti otok lovaca?” Izjavila je Hazekamp.
Stranka za životinje ukazala je na problem lova na Malti već ranije pred Europskom komisijom. Stranka se također založila za akciju “Bez cenzure u prirodi” za održanje Europskih zakona o zaštiti ptica koji bi trebali štititi ptice diljem Europe od lova.
MEP Anja Hazekamp called on the Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat in the European Parliament to ban the horrific hunting of migratory birds. Hazekamp made her call during Malta’s first debate as EU President.
According to nature organisations, Malta kills over one hundred thousand birds during the hunting seasons in spring and autumn. Malta cannot make a credible commitment to animal welfare as long as Muscat, as EU President, allows this bird hunting, according to Hazekamp.
“Millions of migratory birds come to rest in Malta on their route. But the rest is hard to find. The autumn hunt on dozens of types of birds is currently still going strong. And if Malta refuses to take action, hunters will again kill ten thousands of European turtle doves and quails. Other internationally protected and endangered birds too fall prey to these hunters during hunting. Member states and nature organisations put in a lot of time and money to protect our birds, but that is cancelled out immediately by Malta. The Maltese witch-hunt for birds is unacceptable and is in conflict with international protection treaties. It’s up to Malta: “Does it want to be seen as a beautiful Mediterranean birds paradise or as a killer island for killer hunters?” according to Hazekamp.
The Party for the Animals raised the subject of bird hunting in Malta before to the European Commission. The Party also committed itself to safeguarding the European Birds Directive, which should protect birds in Europe against hunting, with its action ‘No Censorship on Nature’.