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Duck shooting

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Subject: Duck shooting
From: Dave Torr <>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 07:08:11 +1100
I wonder how many ducks there actually are in Victoria - they are certainly
very scarce (apart from Shelduck) at Werribee!

It remains I think Labor party policy to ban duck hunting, but they showed
no sign of it when in power.

On 12 January 2011 18:13, Paul G Dodd <> wrote:

> Appalling. But inevitable - firstly given the deal struck by the major
> parties not to exclude the Greens, effectively silencing the only
> dissenting
> voice in the Victorian Parliament to this disgusting "sport"; and secondly
> given the amount of rainfall we've had, which no matter what the experts
> say, would create the illusion that there *must* be an incredible "surplus"
> of waterfowl.
>
> Paul Dodd
> Docklands, Victoria
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
>  On Behalf Of Debbie Lustig
> Sent: Wednesday, 12 January 2011 5:53 PM
> To: birding-aus
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Duck shooting
>
>
> The Baillieu government today announced a full, three-month duck shooting
> season for Victoria, commencing March 19. This is wrong on at least two
> major grounds:
> Cruelty -  one in four ducks shot are wounded, not killed; their deaths are
> often prolonged and painful;
> Environment - the Victorian wetlands have not recovered from the prolonged
> drought and may not do so for several more years. Therefore, waterbird
> numbers are down. Are there really enough for 20,000 hunters to each bag 10
> ducks per day, for three months? This could devastate whole species.
> Duck shooting was banned in three states (WA, QLD and NSW) as long ago as
> 1990.
> Please write ASAP to newspapers and your local parliamentarian about this
> reprehensible practice.
> If we care about birds, together we can stamp it out.
> Further information from the Coalition Against Duck Shooting website:
> www.duck.org.au
>
>
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