News and comment

13 March 2014
Comments News and comment The Prime Minister of Malta, Dr Lawrence Gonzi, has announced the first self-imposed ban on spring hunting of Common Quails Coturnix coturnix and Turtle Doves Streptopelia turtur in the Maltese islands. The PM said that no spring hunting could take pla...
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Extinction of Alaotra Grebe

14 July 2010
Comments News and comment Much like the announcement of a death in the family, BirdLife has pronounced the extinction of the Madagascan endemic Alaotra Grebe Tachybaptus rufolavatus in the 2010 update to the IUCN Red List. Restricted to a tiny area o...
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