Viral Video: Birds Unable To Find Shelter After Mosta Tree Removal

A heart-breaking video and a poem to go with it show birds flying around in Mosta at night time after the ficus trees they used for shelter were cut down in a controversial move.

The video was shared by local HipHop artist Liston Bongailas, who accompanied the post with a poem: ‘they took our home/ they took our shelter/ they took our peace of mind/ and we ended up in chaos.’

‘Ħadulna darna

Ħadulna l kenn

Ħadulna l wens

U spiċċajna biss f’ġenn

Illejla kollha għal Barra

Illejla kulħadd iddisprat

Ma nafx għaliex lilna l għasafar

kulħadd min familtu separat

L ġwienaħ ittertqu

Itiru bla waqfien

Fejn ħa naqbdu immorru

Kullimkien ħadulna, anke l widien.

Ejjew flimkien inwerżqu

Forsi xi proxxmu jismgħana

Forsi xi darba nerġgħu lura

Mal familja fid dar tgħana.’

The video was shared over a whopping 2.2K times, amassing 2.1K likes and over 400 comments in the 13 hours since it was uploaded.

The decision to cut the ficus trees was met with immense backlash, with activists and groups like Birdlife Malta and Steve Zammit Lupi calling out authorities for it.

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