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Don't Talk To the Hunters

To: Chris Gregory <>
Subject: Don't Talk To the Hunters
From: Carl Clifford <>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:10:54 +1000
At least we will be ready for the next Canada Goose invasion of our National 
Parks . Or will our fearless little Nimrods have to wait until duck season.

Cheers,

Carl Clifford

Sent from my iPad

On 15/06/2012, at 14:02, Chris Gregory <> wrote:

> Good news if you live in NSW, as I do, from July 1st you get an 18%
> increase in your electricity bill and as a trade off you get to keep 10
> metres from a bloke (must be over 12 years of age) with a gun in your
> favourite NP. A win win all round really - unless you are a Topknot Pigeon.
> Here is a link to the Game and Feral Animal Control Amendment Bill 2009 and
> below it a listing of birds and animals included in the bill.
> 
> http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/nswbills.nsf/1d4800a7a88cc2abca256e9800121f01/6dce0470707e4f4bca2575b4001bd3f1/$FILE/b2009-031-d10-House.pdf
> 
> Native game animals (licence required to hunt on public or private land)
> 
> Ducks
> 
> Australian Shelduck (or Mountain Duck) (Tadorna tadornoides)
> Australian Wood Duck (or Maned Duck) (Chenonetta jubata)
> Black Duck (or Pacific Black Duck) (Anas superciliosa)
> Blue-winged Shoveler (or Australasian Shoveler) (Anas rhynchotis)
> Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
> Grass Duck (or Plumed Whistling Duck) (Dendrocygna eytoni)
> Grey Teal (Anas gibberifrons)
> Hardhead Duck (or White-eyed Duck) (Aythya australia)
> Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus)
> Water Whistling Duck (or Wandering Whistling Duck, Whistling or
> Wandering Tree Duck) (Dendrocygna arcuata)
> 
> Quails
> Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora)
> Stubble Quail (Coturnix pectoralis)
> 
> Other birds
> Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
> Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
> Common Bronzewing Pigeon (Phaps chalcoptera)
> Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
> Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea)
> Long-billed Corella (Cacatua tenuirostris)
> Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
> Straw Necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
> Sulphur Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
> Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus)
> 
> Kangaroos
> Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
> Euro (Macropus robustus)
> Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus)
> Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)
> 
> Part 3 Non-indigenous animals (licence required to hunt on public land only)
> Note. A game hunting licence is not required for hunting the animals listed
> in this Part
> on private land, and accordingly is only required if the animals are living
> in the wild on
> public land
> 
> Amphibians
> Cane Toad (Bufo marinus)
> 
> Birds
> Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
> Common Pigeon (Columba livia)
> Domestic Goose (Anser anser domesticus and Anser cygnoides domesticus)
> European Blackbird (Turdus merula)
> European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
> European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
> House Crow (vagrant) (Corvus splendens)
> House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
> Hungarian Partridge (Perdix perdix)
> Indian Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
> Indian Ringneck (vagrant) (Psittacula krameri)
> Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschate)
> Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
> Rock Dove (or Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia)
> Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
> Song Thrush (Turdus philomelus)
> Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
> Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
> 
> Other animals living in the wild
> Cat
> Dog (other than dingo)
> Goat
> Fox
> Hare
> Rabbit
> Pig
> 
> Cheers
> Chris Gregory (this name is my sign off and not part of the above list!)
> 
> On 15 June 2012 11:24, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> On p5 of today's Sydney Morning Herald, there is an item headed "Public
>> face ban from parts of parks". In part, this item states that the bill
>> allowing shooting in NSW National Parks is being amended, so that it will
>> be an offence for a person to approach to within 10 metres of a hunter in a
>> National Park.
>> 
>> Reading through the bill, Game and Feral Animal Control Amendment Bill
>> 2009, it also would seem that all is set, legislatively, to allow the
>> hunting of ducks and other game birds.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Carl Clifford
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
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