Why the inverted commas around massacre, it was a massacre.
John Leonard
On 27 March 2013 14:14, Sonja Ross <> wrote:
> Hi Ed,
>
> I don't think shooters would consider it a waste or mindless. They
> probably are concentrated on the "skill" involved in shooting a flying duck!
>
> Sonja
>
> On 27/03/2013, at 2:02 PM, Ed Williams wrote:
>
> > 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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