From SIMONE AQUILINA, writing in THE TIMES, 29/11/07:
I am writing to utter my complete disgust at what I saw the other day at the market in Marsaxlokk. Apart from this market being a disorganised chaos and looking more like a market out of a third world country, a man was selling birds and puppies, right next to a stall selling imqaret if I might add.
What was so horrible was that these poor birds were cooped up in small cages. Some could not even lift their heads, others were packed so tightly in a cage that they could hardly breathe. Puppies were stuffed four to a small cage and one could see that all these poor birds and animals were very distressed.
One enquires whether this man can actually sell these birds and puppies. Also do the relevant authorities or local council members visit the market to see with their own eyes what is happening?
One could notice quite a number of tourists who were as distressed as I was watching this horrible sight.
Hopefully, through this newspaper, the relevant authorities will take action so that such sights are not seen anymore.
I BET ANYTHING THAT IF IT HAD BEEN A QUESTION OF COUNTERFEIT CDS, DVDS AND WHATHAVEYOU, THE AUTHORITIES WOULD HAVE JUMPED ON THEM! AND RIGHTLY SO! BUT THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMMERCIAL CRIME AND ... THE NON-EXISTENT CRIMES AGAINST ANIMALS!
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