The most recent estimate I've seen is 20,000, but I understand that numbers
could be much higher at the moment (some just turned up in Hobart a few
days ago!). I'm not sure that statistical significant be applied here
though - if you just mean is it a change of more than 5%. Statistical
significance is usually a less than 5% probability that a change occurred
by random chance, rather than the amount of actual change. I'm a little
rusty on these kinds of statistics though.
Of course these people should be criminally prosecuted, and it's good that
it sounds like that's what's happening.
Jeremy
On 27 March 2013 14:02, 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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