48 infringements were reported by the police during the Spring hunting season, Environment Minister Leo Brincat told Mario de Marco (PN) in reply to a parliamentary question this evening.
The minister gave the following breakdown:
Five cases where hunters had more than two cartridges in their shotgun;
Three cases of illegal hunting;
Eight cases of hunters not carrying their documents;
Three cases of hunters carrying loaded and uncovered shotguns in public;
Three cases of unlicensed shotguns;
10 cases of hunting within 200 metres of an inhabited area;
Seven cases of unlicensed Spring hunting;
Four cases of hunting outside permissible hours (after 3 pm or on Sundays);
Three cases of hunting in the Foresta 2000 Reserve;
Two cases of illegal hunting of protected birds.