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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 20 SEPTEMBER 2020 9 NEWS COURT NOTICE The Registrar, Civil Courts and Tribunals notifies that the First Hall of the Civil Court ordered the sale by Judicial Auction of the following property to be held in room numbered 78, nearby the Courts Archives, Level -1, Courts of Justice, Republic Street, Valletta. Date Time Judicial Sale No Property 01 st October, 2020 10:30am 62/13 - EGL Bank of Valletta p.l.c (C2833) vs Vassallo Frank (ID620958M) et Villa, by the name of 'Lycidas', in Triq Dun Mikiel Xerri, Attard, built on two portions of land which are numbered 12 and 13, forming part of a land known as Tal-Irmiedi, in the district of Tal-Idward, limits of Attard bounded on West with the said street and any other correct boundaries by Lay Lay Company Limited or their successors in title. The property consists of two storeys and a semi-basement garage with its own airspace subject to revisible, annual and perpetual ground rent of €60.46)yearly the rest is free and enuncumbered and valued at €582,500.00. 01 st October, 2020 11:00am 37/19- EM Bank of Valletta p.l.c (C2833) vs Valenzia Benjamin Dr et noe The house built on two storeys including its overlying airspace numbered 19 situated in alley number 3 in Brittania Street, today knows as Triq it-Tabib Jimmy Farrugia, Tarxien, which house has 2 air vents abutting on third party property, free and unencumbered with all its rights and enjoyments, valued at €80,000 01 st October, 2020 11:30am 21/18- EGL Borg Damien (ID196479M) vs Sultana Josette Av. Dr. Et noe Apartament internally numbered 2 forming part of a block of apartments officially numbered 35 named 'Falcon Forge', with common entrance in Tower Road, Msida. This apartment is situated on the first floor subject to an annual and perpetual ground rent of €30.51 per year with all its rights and appertunances as further described in the contract in the 10.03.2007 in the acts of Notary Carmel Gafa valued at €265,000. 06 th October, 2020 10:30am 19/19 EGL Lombard Bank Malta plc (C1607) vs Buttigieg Denise (ID294069M) The tenemant named "Chez Mary Anne", without official number in Triq is-Santwarju, Mensija, San Ġwann, consisting of a maisonette overlying another maisonette named "St Joseph", which is third parties property. This property is free and unencumbered, including its airspace, with all its rights and enjoyments and bounded on the north by Triq is-Santwarju and on the south and north-east by property of Saverio Micallef or his successors in title, with the drains and drainage system in common with the underlying masionette and overlooking onto the underlying maisonette courtyard, valued at €220,000. 06 th October, 2020 11:30am 25/18 EGL Lombard Bank Malta plc (C1607) vs Pyramid Construction Limited (C43595) et a) Apartments unofficially numbered 1, 3 and 4 as well as the penthouse above the same two apartments, 3 and 4, forming part of the block of apartments named Red Rose, officially numbered 68 in Swatar Road, Msida opposite the St. Martin's Foundation school by the other side of the road, therefore the upper part of the road (West) is more commercial. This block of apartments is situated overlying on two other properties officially numbered 70 named 'Sandalwood' and numbered 66 named 'Homer' b) The garage numbered 19B in Swatar Road, Msida, underlying the property officially numbered 70 named 'Sandalwood' including half undivided share of the ramp and common space in front of the garages c) The garage and the boxroom numbered 66A previously numbered 18B in Swatar Road, Msida, overlying property officially numbered 66 and named 'Homer' including half the undivided share of the ramp and common space in front of the garages With properties above indicated are Schembri Mario (ID52660M) et with breadth of approxiamate 26.9 metre and length of approxiamate 98.5 metre with a lease of €2.00 per year and valued €22,100. 22 nd October, 2020 11:00am 53/19EM Bank of Valletta p.l.c (C2833) Vs Gouder Maria Gloria (ID 499159M) et The house numbered 30 previously numbered 52 in Triq Konti Ruġġieru, Rabat, Malta built on two floors above street level while completely below street level there is an undergroud floor (basement) whose access is directly from stairs and internal lift while on the rear the basement has direct access to the back garden free and unencumbered with all its rights and appurtenances and including its relative airspace valued at €725,000. 29 th October, 2020 11:00am 51/18EGL HSBC Bank Malta p.l.c (C3177) Vs Michael Balzan Ltd (C15764) Flat numbered 1 on the first floor of a block of two flats and underlaying garages, without number named Davpol, also with number 36, Mensija Road, San Gwann, together with the relative share of the common parts in common with the underlaying flat, including the roofs. This flat is subject to annual and perpetual ground rent of €46.59, payable in advance on the first day of July every year. This block is bounded on the East by the said street, on the North by property of Carmelo Debono and on the South by property of Raymond Baldacchino as described in public contract of Notary Maurice A Gambin acts, dated 07th November, 1994 and is being valued at €150,000. Further details can be obtained from the website: https://ecourts.gov.mt/onlineservices/JudicialSales The bidders taking part in the auction must present their identity card Gaetana Aquilina For the Registrar of Civil Courts and Tribunals including all those common parts of the block, including the roof, airspace, and the sub-terrain, common staircase accessible from the street to the entrance, entrance hall, stairs, stairwell, lifts and the liftwell, as well as the communal of the drainage and water rain pipes, the ramp and common space in front of the garages and any other parts intended for common use, free and unencumbered, with all its rights and appurtenances and valued at €850,074.48 08 th October, 2020 11:00am 56/16EGL Bank of Valletta p.l.c (C2833) vs Grima Mario (ID18965M) The lock up garage unnumbered and unnamed, but internally marked number 7, situated in semi basement level, with entrance and accessible from a common ramp and drive-in that abuts in Triq B. Bontadini in Birkirkara, bounded by North with property of the sellers, on the West by the common drive in and on the South by property of unknown third parties, free and spectors should carry out spot-checks and ensure zoo operators uphold stringent re- cord-keeping. Aquilina admitted that the group's proposals would not make it easy for zoos to oper- ate, but argued that animals were sentient beings, a fact recognised by Maltese law. "It is important that we highlight the unique requirements that every species requires, and put the onus on the owners of these establishments to pro- vide them." Aquilina also said a revision of the law was needed to en- sure the safety of the public. "There have been cases in the past where wild animals have injured children because the owners of these establishments are not taking the proper pre- cautions," she said, referring to the 2015 Montekristo zoo incident in which a three- year-old boy was attacked by a tiger, who at the time was being held on a leash. "I think one of the most dif- f i c u l t things to explain to people is that while you may genuinely love an animal, the situation you may be putting them in might not be good for them. Love and welfare are not the same thing," she said. Aquilina said humans often suffered from the miscon- ception that what is good enough for them is good for animals. "You often see people comment positively on social media on 'clean' an- imal enclosures. That may be good enough for humans but one needs to take into consid- eration that a tilted enclosure is not a suitable habitat for a tiger. Every species has its own requirements." Aquilina, whose group Time For Change is against zoos, said she sees the benefit of na- ture reserves, or zoos with con- servation programmes in place. But she criticised purely profit-driven establishments. "From what we see in Malta, the establishments are purely for profit. There is no research to suggest they are contribut- ing in any sort of way to con- servation. But we understand that these animals need to be taken care of, and the State has no place to house them." Aquilina said shutting down the zoos would create more problems on housing animals, and relocating wild animals abroad does not guarantee their welfare. "We are trying to tackle this problem with a more practical approach to ensure that the animals do not suffer further. That's why an overhaul of the system is re- quired, with a memorandum to stop the importation of ex- otic species, as the majority of these animals end up in zoos." to extend into agricultur- al land for four fenced enclo- sures for his exotic animals. He also wants to regularise five illegally-built enclosures which house Siberian tigers, black leopards, alpacas, wal- labies and monkeys, each with a masonry stable, as well as a multipurpose hall, a farm- house with pool, stores, re- strooms and a parking area. Indeed, the present zoo was developed illegally over 10,000sq.m of agricultur- al land and inside a disused quarry in Ta' Bur ix-Xewk. But it was then regularised by the PA board in October 2017. The zoo came to wider at- tention in June, when it an- nounced the birth of two ex- tremely rare white tiger cubs. The Environment and Re- sources Authority (ERA) had objected to the original appli- cation, prophetically warning that it would create a prece- dent for further urban-built structures and uptake of ag- ricultural land for unjustified uses. It said the zoo would "con- tribute to the over-develop- ment of the site with adverse, cumulative environmental impacts, including the further encroachment, proliferation and scattering of new build- ings and structures, which could have easily been located within designated urban are- as." Cutajar's application was approved against a fine of €50,000, but after Cutajar complained, claiming his zoo served a therapeutic function, this 'planning gain' was merci- fully converted into an agree- ment for free school visits. The PA had already refused permission back in 2010 to sanction stables on the site, because it would have resulted in unnecessary urban sprawl and visual intrusion in the open countryside. "There is a growing concern regarding the number of wild species kept in Maltese zoos and their uncontrolled breeding" Zookeeper Anton Cutajar