Bird hunters celebrate as Malta rejects hunting ban

Spring hunting season set to begin after a closely contested referendum pitted conservation against tradition

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The spring hunting of quail and turtle doves is to continue in Malta after hunters celebrated a narrow victory in a referendum which could have banned the controversial practice.

Just 50.44 per cent of Maltese voted in favour of allowing hunters to continue to kill the birds during the spring hunting season, which begins this week and runs to the end of April.

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