Illegal shooting of protected birds is unacceptable --
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.''
More than 730 illegal hunting incidents were recorded by BirdLife Malta's spring watch teams during the spring hunting derogation period between April 12 and 30, BirdLife said today.