Majjistral Park hunting hours - how will the consultation be handled, PD asks

Partit Demokratiku is seeking to know how the public consultation process regarding extended hunting hours at Majjistral Park will be handled.

On Monday, the government agreed to a watered-down motion put forward by the Nationalist Party on the park's hunting times.

The PN’s amendment to a PD motion calling for the reversal in extended hunting hours, calls for consultation with all stakeholders following a controversial decision which allowed hunters and trappers to use the park for extended periods of time.

There was a huge outcry when the hours in force for hunting and trapping were extended in September, October and November from 10am to 12.30pm, except for Wednesdays and public holidays, when the time remains 10am.

In December and January, the time limit would also remain unchanged at 10am. For trappers, the time was extended to 2.30pm for the whole of the open season.

Read: Extended hunting, trapping times at Majjistral Park

In a statement this morning, PD recommended that the Malta Tourism Authority, NGOs and the Education Department should be heavily involved, as they were all affected parties.

It admonished the PN’s decision to amend its motion, a move described by NGOs...