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: > >> daniel.andrews@parliament.vic.gov.au > >> > >> > >> > >> =============================== > >> > >> 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 > >> =============================== > > =============================== > > > > 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 > > =============================== > > =============================== > > 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 > =============================== >
