The country's three independent newspapers are joining forces by adopting a single, unified stance against the practice of spring hunting and in favour of the upcoming referendum seeking to put an end to the ecologically unsustainable practice in Malta once and for all.

In today's issues, The Malta Independent on Sunday, The Sunday Times of Malta and MaltaToday are announcing an unprecedented step of adopting a joint stance in favour of next spring's referendum.

The three media houses will be leveraging their collective pressure to urge the government to ensure that the referendum on the spring hunting season will be held next spring as projected, and in the full spirit of democracy after 41,500 members of the electorate signed a petition for the holding of a referendum to abolish spring huntingcirculated by the Coalition Against Spring Hunting.

The three media houses will also be urging the electorate to participate actively in the vote when the day comes.