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Four protected shearwaters died on the coast of Comino on Sunday morning after they were caught on a fishing line.
A video posted on the Facebook closed group Rubs Puppy Love, shows two men on a boat trying to rescue the struggling birds.
Ten birds can be seen in all, some of them floating and not moving.
The video poster said all birds were freed except for the four that were already dead.
A spokesperson from BirdLife said that 18 birds were freed and another boat had found one more bird injured. This will be taken to a vet.
The birds, the spokesman said, were freed by hunters.