We decided to go to Malta because we were fed up with the inactivity from NGOs about the endless trapping and killing of migratory birds there. We first went four years ago, then started to go annually to liaise with the Committee Against Bird Slaughter. It is an incredible organisation that attracts volunteers from all over Europe. When we first went, we put a video report online every evening showing what was happening – a daily diary detailing the killing of birds – and we got an enormous amount of press for this.This time, we went after the shooting season to show how the legislation to protect birds was being abused. I was accused of assault and was taken to court. I knew I would be exonerated as we had recorded the whole incident.

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