IT IS A HORENDOUS ACT TRYING TO CONTROL THE PIGEON POPULATION , BY SHOTING THEM. MOST OF THE PIGEONS ARE WOUNDED AND SUFFER TO DIE ON ROOFS OR BALCONIES IN THE HOT MALTESE SUN. PIGEONS ARE THE SYMBOL OF PEACE, SO WHY BEHAVE WORSE THAN ISIS, TO CONTROL THEIR POPULATION . AS A TOURIST TOURING THE THREE CITIES, MY HOLIDAY WAS SPOILED WHEN COMING FACE TO FACE WITH MEN WHO HAD POLICE PROTECTION FROM ANIMAL LOVERS, SHOTING THESE INNOCENT CREATURES. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER HUMANE WAYS HOW TO DECREASE THEIR POPULATION.