Why so many hunters in Cyprus and Malta?

[Décio]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting#Table
I was surprised when I saw. What do people hunt there?

 

[Ryan]

I knew a Cypriot in college 20 years ago. He talked a lot about hunting birds, mostly partridge. There is mouflon on the island, but he claimed they were protected.

 

[BRICKBURN]

Birds.