FKNK Gift Gozo Minister Clay Statuette Of Turtle Dove
After a meeting held today, Malta’s hunting lobby the FKNK gifted Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri a clay statuette of a turtle dove, known as Gamiema.
The turtle dove statuette made from a composition of plaster of paris and clay, was sculptured and painted by the artist, Stephen Fenech, who is also an FKNK hunter member.
The Meeting discussed in detail the outcome of the 2022 spring hunting season; the finches’ research programme and trapping licences and the regularisation progress regarding taxidermy.
It also touched upon administrative fines and penalties; CABS and BirdLife Malta activists’ neo-colonialism behaviour and threats; and the various FKNK projects, among others.
Even though the turtle dove has been listed as a vulnerable creature, the spring hunting season commenced anyway, with BirdLife Malta appealing the decision in court.
The appeal was rejected and the spring hunting season for turtle doves proceeded uninterrupted.
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