The Malta Ranger Unit took to social media to show the recent confiscation of an illegal quail trap by Malta’s police, with a dead hedgehog found in the trap.
‘Our Rangers in Gozo called for Police assistance after locating the illegal device (‘trabokk’ in Maltese), used for bird trapping and ILLEGAL all year around. Only nets are allowed for bird trapping during open season.’
Inside the trap there was a dead quail and a dead hedgehog. The rangers explained that this will be a matter for ERA due to the illegal entrapment of protected species.
Thanking the Gozo Police for their swift response, the Ranger unit urged for the establishment of an specialised unit – the Environmental Protection Unit Police – ‘which is much needed to see to all the environmental crimes happening on a daily basis on the island.’
‘Minister Clint Camilleri still hasn’t communicated with MRU after cancelling our meeting and has therefore been reported to the Ombudsman for breaching Directive 4-2. Our Unit has therefore not been allowed to highlight with the Minister the many environmental illegalities we see in Gozo regularly.’
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