Hunting

Back to all A CRYING SHAME. A NATIONAL DISGRACE! We hunt, we kill and we EAT! Our National Bird! We celebrate Independence, Republic Day, Holidays!! Do we know, understand, CARE what it all means? In the U S of A if ‘you’ are caught with ONE FEATHER of their National Bird, you can be jailed […]

Back to all The Moratorium on Hunting in T&T. The Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl Trust supports the call of other environmental organizations for the extension of the current moratorium on hunting in Trinidad & Tobago. For years we have warned of the serious threats to our wildlife; habitat loss, fragmentation and unsustainable pressure from over-hunting. Over-hunting in

Back to all “Scarlet Ibis being killed freely in Felicity sometimes by the dozens, daily”. How many times, year after year must I call for this slaughter to stop! Again, ad nauseam, I repeat, a National Disgrace! This is our National Bird that we are hunting, slaughtering, selling, and eating! Have we no pride at

Back to all Environmentalist and president of the Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl Trust Molly Gaskin, has hit out at the new Draft National Wildlife Policy saying that while intentions are good in terms of protecting TT’s diverse flora and fauna, it has no “teeth” to enforce the law on protection of the natural environment. “It’s a solid