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Malta votes in referendum on hunting breeding birds
Malta votes in a referendum on Saturday to decide whether to overturn a law that allows the hunting of breeding birds in spring, a centuries-old tradition that is not allowed anywhere else in the European Union. Under an EU exemption, Maltese hunters are allowed 20 days to hunt turtle doves and quails between April and May, a time when the birds fly north to breed after wintering in Africa ...
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