Malta's 'barbaric' finch traps ruled illegal by EU court
by Arthur Neslen from Environment | The Guardian on (#3SQG9)
Campaigners hail court verdict, which bans trapping of several species of the bird
Malta has broken EU law by allowing the hunting and trapping of several finch species, the European court has ruled.
The Mediterranean island will face potentially substantial fines unless it ends a derogation it introduced in 2014 allowing the songbirds to be captured.
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