The SHout camp campaigned in Gozo this morning, with spokesman Mark Sultana and former BirdLife Malta president Joe Sultana urging Gozitans  to vote 'NO' on Saturday.

“I invite all those who support the No campaign in Gozo to come forward and vote on Saturday.  This is the time where the vote is a far more effective weapon than the shotgun. Everyone knows what is more positive and what is more negative.  Preserving wildlife is positive, killing it is negative,” Mr Sultana said. 

"In spite of the fact that Gozo has proportionally more countryside than Malta there are only three localities where hunting is prohibited. Bird hunting is very intensive in the rest of the countryside and has a negative impact not only on the birds, but on the residents and tourists who come to visit and walk in the island during spring."  

Mr Sultana said hunting birds in spring when they were on their way to breed simply did not make sense. Spring hunting was not only unsustainable, it was unethical.

“I was once a hunter too but I am not sorry that I changed because I realised that preserving and embracing nature is the right choice.”