Does anyone know what the current Freckled Duck population is estimated at?
It has obviously increased recently going by the number of sightings but surely
the 243 dead that are already known of (and with plenty of hunting time still
to go plus all the others shot) I would have thought this to be a statistically
significant number killed.
Even a lot of shooters would surely hang their heads at this kind of mindless
killing.
Such a waste...
Ed
Ed Williams
On 27/03/2013, at 1:16 PM, "Debbie Lustig" <> wrote:
> I hate writing this stuff but somebody's got to...
>
>
>
> On opening weekend of the duck season (16/17 March), a private wetland in
> western Victoria was the scene of what's been described as a 'massacre'. The
> Coalition Against Duck Shooting learned around 2000 birds were shot and
> left, including 200 Freckled Ducks, and swans, coots, grebes and game
> species. The full extent of the carnage will never be known although the
> Department of Primary Industries and the police are investigating. This
> appears to be highly embarrassing for the Minister for Agriculture, Peter
> Walsh, as he's not only in charge of this 'highly regulated activity' but it
> happened in his electorate. So far, one person has been charged.
>
>
>
> The ABC's news coverage:
>
>
>
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-25/police-investigate-mass-slaughter-of-p
> rotected-birds/4592690?section=vic
>
>
>
> ...and from 'The World Today':
>
>
>
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-26/mass-shooting-of-protected-birds-raise
> s-new/4595290?section=vic
>
>
>
> Last weekend, about 150 dead birds were collected from Box Flat and brought
> to Melbourne to display. They included 43 Freckled Duck, a Hoary-headed
> Grebe, 5 Eurasian Coot, a Black Swan and a Blue-billed Duck (and 85 game
> birds of five different species).
>
>
>
> Here are some photos:
>
>
>
> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151596509838125.1073741830.63812
> 3124
> <https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151596509838125.1073741830.6381
> 23124&type=1> &type=1
>
>
>
> Total = 156: 71 non-game comprising 43 endangered, 28 protected. Plus 85
> game species.
>
>
>
> There's no hope that the Coalition will change its policy about duck
> shooting. If you want it to end, along with outrages like this, please
> consider emailing Daniel Andrews, leader of the state Labor Party - asking
> him to call a halt to duck shooting if elected next year:
>
>
>
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