breed successfully since 2009 in Malta and that the main hunting organisation openly speaks against illegal hunting and trapping. The author also suggests that claims by Birdlife are often exaggerated. A study of prehistoric kitchen middens suggests that hunting by humans may have contributed to the extinction of several bird species. References Fowler, M. E. 2011. Birds. Pages 377–410 in "Restraint and Handling of wild and Domesticated Animals." blackwell Publishing. External links The international impact of hunting and trapping in the Maltese islands, May 2007 Bird hunting Ornithology Animal trapping Cruelty to animals it:Uccellagione