No, hardly any mallards or interbreeds here, hardheads and such "game" species
are the target, apparently
P
-- Original Message --
From: Paul Foxworthy <>
To: Holly <>, Birding-aus
<>
Send: 02:10 PM
Subject: Dead ducks
At 02:12 PM 07/03/2002 +1100,
wrote:
>Doug Holly wrote:
><<Banrock Station ...of course, no shooting....>>
>
>I have unconfirmed but credible reports that duck shooting does
>occasionally occur at Banrock Station, by staff members, a questionable
>practice in itself but especially given that they promote it as a wetland
>haven.
If it *is* going on, perhaps it's destruction of mallards and mallard
hybrids (i.e. feral domestic ducks) in order to preserve the Pacific Black
Duck?
Cheers
Paul Foxworthy
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