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Another Illegal Bird Shooting..

Another hunter has been accused of illegally shooting a protected bird, a lapwing, this morning between Birzebbuga and Hal Far.

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This Spring Hunting season opened after a referendum on spring hunting decided that hunting in spring should be allowed.
Yesterday a hunter shot a protected cuckoo in Manikata and a Twitter storm ensued. He was fined 2500 euros in court and had his hunting license suspended for three and a half years.

 

Twitterstorm enrages after first bird killed this Spring Hunting Season

Techopedia defines a Twitterstorm as being

“often started by a single person who sends his or her followers a message often related to breaking news or a controversial debate. Using a certain and often original hashtag, the tweet quickly spreads as people are notified of the message and then reuse the hashtag with subsequent retweets and tweets.”

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Malta Carnival 2015 Programme – Karnival ta’ Malta 2015 Programm u Rizultati

Malta Carnival 2015 will be held from Thursday 12th February to 17th February.

Feel free to join Malta Network Resources’ Carnival Facebook group at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/karnivaltamalta/

This post will be updated with results and new photos from this year’s Malta Carnival.

Meanwhile check out a couple of Carnival videos:

 

 

Tickets can be purchased here.

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