Chris Packham: ‘Sometimes the best way to makeachange is to make trouble’

The TV presenter accused of assaulting hunters killing migratory birds in Malta says it's time for committed environmental activism

We decided to go to Malta because we were fed up with the inactivity from NGOs about the endless trapping and killing of migratory birds there.

We first went four years ago, then started to go annually to liaise with the Committee Against Bird Slaughter. It is an incredible organisation that attracts volunteers from all over Europe. When we first went, we put a video report online every evening showing what was happening - a daily diary detailing the killing of birds - and we got an enormous amount of press for this.