Dimitris et al,
If you click on Mallard on that web page, it opens a page with information on the species, which says that the species is not protected anywhere in Australia and that “In Australia, the species is considered undesirable as it hybridises and competes for habitat with the native Black Duck.” The one species of duck that needs to be eliminated in Australia, and it can not be shot.
Obviously the person who drafted the web page has not passed the Waterfowl Identification Test and is obviously WIT-less.
Carl Clifford
On 07/02/2012, at 2:06 PM, Dimitris Bertzeletos wrote:
On another note. I see that Mallard are on the list of birds hunters are not allowed to shoot…
http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/game-hunting/game/australian-water-fowl/waterfowl-not-for-hunting
D/
> From: risingphoenixdim@hotmail.com > To: birding-aus@vicnet.net.au > Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:35:04 +0200 > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Duck shooting season- There’s an > identification test? > > > Hello all, > > I’ve just learned that there’s an identification test that > waterfowlers need to pass before they can shoot in the field. Anyone > have any idea how stringent this is? Evidence suggests not stringent > enough… > > Cheers, > > D. > > > =============================== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > ===============================
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