Scotland considers tougher legal controls to protect birds of prey
Ministers in Scotland are considering tougher legal controls to protect birds of prey on grouse moors as a new study claimed that last year was one of the worst for persecution of the wild predators by gamekeepers on record.
Malta said today that ``any illegal shooting of protected bird species is absolutely unacceptable. FKNK, together with the assistance of the police and backed-up with the full weight of the wrath of its thousands of genuine members, will continue striving so that these criminals are eradicated from the Maltese countryside once and for all.''