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CC-049 · Nature & Wildlife · Hunting & birds

242 illegal hunting incidents

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The claim

“BirdLife Malta’s 2025 Raptor Camp has once again been instrumental in exposing illegal hunting in Malta with a total of 242 illegal hunting incidents recorded in less than a month between the 12th September and 5th October. … their average response time throughout the period reached an astounding 51 minutes”

BirdLife Malta (press release, 10 Oct 2025): its 2025 Raptor Camp teams recorded 242 illegal hunting incidents between 12 September and 5 October, and police took an average of 51 minutes to respond to their reports.

Who
BirdLife Malta
Where
Għadira Nature Reserve, Mellieħa
When
10 October 2025
Wording
Verbatim found

Context

NGO incident logs vs police and WBRU enforcement data; reporting coverage.

Limitations

Candidate from the 4 Oct 2026 intake: wording paraphrased from a locator source; read the primary text before any report.

What it will be tested against

Police/ELU case data; WBRU reports; PQ answers.

Sources

  1. On the frontlines (September 2025 newsletter), BirdLife Malta, Sep 2025. Original · Archived copy
    NGO claim.
  2. Illegal hunting soars as enforcement collapses, BirdLife Malta, 2025-10-10. Original · Archived copy
    The claim (verbatim), read 5 Oct 2026. Raptor Camp 2025, 12 Sep-5 Oct.
  3. BirdLife Malta accuses Labour, PN of 'dangerous race' to weaken hunting laws ahead of election, Newsbook, 2026-05-27. Original · Archived copy
    Restates the figures as 'In 2025 alone' in its own words (wider scope than the release).

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Who made it

BirdLife Malta

Other claims by BirdLife Malta 2

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Timeline

What was said, what was published before and after it, and each step of this check, in date order. Statements and sources carry the date they were published. The steps of the check carry the date the research was done, from the check's research log. Other statements by the same body on the same topic show whether a position was repeated, changed or corrected.

  1. 2025

    1. September 2025 Statement published On the frontlines (September 2025 newsletter), BirdLife Malta
    2. 10 October 2025 The statement BirdLife Malta (this claim)
    3. 10 October 2025 Evidence published Illegal hunting soars as enforcement collapses, BirdLife Malta

  2. 2026

    1. 27 May 2026 Later statement by BirdLife Malta on Nature & Wildlife CC-050 'Race to weaken hunting laws'
    2. 4 October 2026 Added to the claims to check
    3. 5 October 2026 Exact wording found Verbatim wording found in BirdLife Malta's release of 10 Oct 2025: 242 incidents during Raptor Camp (12 Sep-5 Oct 2025), average police response 51 minutes. The intake's locator did not contain the figures.
    4. 5 October 2026 Note No independent data found (police/EPU response times, WBRU season report). Waiting on the maintainer for the incident log and enforcement data before a report.

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