BirdLife Malta has reported that the national quota of 1,500 Turtle-doves has already been reached illegally before the hunting season has even opened. This conclusion, the NGO says, is based on ...

The spring hunting season for turtle dove has not yet started yet poachers have already caught more than the 1,500 national quota allowed by law, bird activists have claimed. Birdlife Malta said ...

Numbers of threatened turtle doves in western Europe have rapidly recovered after a hunting ban was introduced in 2021, conservationists said. Numbers in the region increased by 40% to 610,000 ...

Turtle doves are under threat (RSPB/Ben Andrew/PA) Rebecca Speare-Cole28 March 2025 Numbers of threatened turtle doves in western Europe have rapidly recovered after a hunting ban was introduced ...

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Illegal hunting of turtle-dove has been recorded daily in recent days, despite the official spring hunting season for this species not being open yet, BirdLife said on Monday. It said that on ...

The Ornis Committee, during a meeting on Wednesday, accepted the FKNK's proposal to open a spring hunting season on Turtle-doves, BirdLife Malta said. It said that it was accepted "with the ...

Today, the European Commission has announced EU countries may re-open the hunting season for the European Turtle-dove (Streptopelia turtur) in parts of Western Europe if they choose to do so [1]. The ...