Chances are some of them weren't even flying.
Perhaps I always try to see the good in people hoping that some shooters would
be appalled at the waste.
Maybe I am just naive...
Ed Williams
On 27/03/2013, at 2:14 PM, "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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