Hi Fiona and Paul,
If one of the protestors did get fined, is there an organisation that can
organise them to receive the money back?
I'd donate to such an organisation.
Cheers,
Susie
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From: Fiona Anderson
Sent: Monday, 23 March 2009 1:58 PM
To:
Cc: Birding Aus
Subject: Duck Hunting
Hi Paul,
Thanks for all your efforts in such a good cause. I wrote to DSE expressing
my disgust at the way the government had gone wishy washy over this (strong
gun lobby behind it, I suspect) but I only got a "we thank and take note of
your thoughts" sort of reply. But I do feel that the more people who
express their opposition to this the more notice the government will take.
I am unfortunately too old to do anything physical like you but will
continue to press them by email.
Thanks,
Fiona
> From:
> To: ; ;
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Duck Hunting
> Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:57:15 +1100
>
> Peter,
>
> First of all, I agree that there is a distinction between the increased
disturbance of threatened species due to the drought because of shooting,
and the innate cruelty of shooting in general. For me, and I suspect the
majority of anti-duck protesters, the fundamental issue that we are fighting
against is the cruelty. In many respects it is the drought and low bird
numbers that will hopefully result in the cessation of this activity. All
the advice given to the government this year said exactly that. The
government chose to ignore this advice.
>
> Duck hunting IS more cruel than fox and rabbit shooting, and certainly IS
more cruel than the slaughtering of sheep and cattle for meat. Whilst I
appreciate that many people are vegetarian because of their opposition to
the slaughter of animals, I do believe that this slaughter is conducted in
as humane a way as possible.
>
> Duck hunting is regarded as a sport. These creatures are not killed for
food, nor because they are vermin. They are killed for the fun of it. The
sheer joy of pointing a firearm at a living creature and pulling the
trigger. Whilst there are "bag limits" imposed on shooters, they will
continue to kill and wound waterfowl for the fun of it, without collecting
the animals they have shot, so they don't exceed their bag counts. Shooters
will also ignore wounded birds, because they are just too difficult to
retrieve. It is much easier to simply shoot another one. These wounded birds
will often die in agony with horrific wounds. Even if they don't die as a
result of the shot, they will be taken by predators.
>
> Duck hunting is called "Recreational Shooting". Not even Field and Game
Australia, Inc tries to hide the fact that this is done for fun. For no
other reason.
>
> Paul
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Shute
> Sent: Sunday, 22 March 2009 11:02 PM
> To: ; ;
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Duck Hunting
>
> I'm more concerned about the shooting and even the disturbance of species
that are threatened or in low numbers because of the drought. The two issues
(that and the cruelty) seem to become easily confused.
>
> It's cruel, but no more than fox or rabbit shooting, or even slaughtering
sheep and cattle for meat.
>
> Peter Shute
>
>
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