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Duck-shooting season opening weekend

To: Debbie Lustig <>
Subject: Duck-shooting season opening weekend
From: Peter Shute <>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:13:53 +1100
I wonder why so many Pink-eared Ducks.

Peter Shute

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On 18/03/2013, at 11:38 PM, "Debbie Lustig" <> wrote:

> It's my sad task to inform
> readers about some of the birds shot on opening weekend of the season around
> Kerang. This is a list of dead birds recovered from the water at a very dry,
> receding Lake Bael Bael and another wetland nearby, displayed outside the
> Premier's Office today (18/3). 
> 
> 
> 
> Another couple of hundred
> wetlands around the state hosted duck shooting but were not monitored.
> 
> 
> 
> 1 Blue-billed Duck
> 
> 3 Red-necked Avocet
> 
> 5 Eurasian Coot
> 
> 53 Pink-eared Ducks
> 
> 17 Grey Teal
> 
> 2 Wood Ducks
> 
> 1 Hardhead
> 
> 
> 
> In addition, 80 Freckled Duck were shot at a private wetland near Boort. This 
> is reportedly
> being investigated. 
> 
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