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OCTOBER 1, 2014

Malta, you might recall, has the dubious distinction of being a hotspot for illegal hunting of protected birds. Meanwhile, back in Malta, the carnage appears to be continuing. BirdLife Malta posted about the suspected shooting of a Short-toed Eagle. Like the felled Turtle Dove photographed above by the BBC.).

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APRIL 25, 2015

Someone better tell that flamingo not to stay put and avoid Malta, where voters narrowly rejected a ban on hunting migratory birds. An infomercial king who’s probably going to jail. Cyprus count yields a rarity: an almost all-black flamingo.

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Malta Barn Owls Cyprus Fowl

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