Last weekend of official duck hunting in Victoria. This long weekend, rescuers will be preventing ducks being shot, rescuing wounded birds and bringing back dead ones from McDonald Swamp and Hird Swamp. Running total of game ducks shot and left on five wetlands is:
Total whole birds – 505
Protected species – 70
Black Swan eggs – 23
Protected species:
18 Eurasian Coot
10 Black Swans/cygnets
8 Grebes (Australasian, Hoary-headed & Great Crested)
5 Plumed Whistling-ducks
5 Australian Magpies
4 Purple Swamphens
3 Musk Ducks
3 Dusky Moorhens
2 Little Ravens
2 Galahs
1 Little Button-Quail
1 Freckled Duck
1 Barn Owl
1 owl (unidentified)
1 bird of prey (unidentified)
1 Blue-billed Duck
1 Australasian Pipit
1 Black-winged Stilt
1 cormorant (unidentified)
1 Yellow-billed Spoonbill
A motion to ban duck shooting will be proposed in State Parliament by Greens Senator Sue Pennicuik on 15 June. Please contact your local senator to ask they support it. http://apps.aec.gov.au/esearch/
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