Season kicks off with animal rights campaigners outnumbering hunters at one location amid a parliamentary inquiry
“Hunters aren’t interested in that conflict. They want to go and enjoy their cultural traditions,” he says.Lisa Palma, the chief executive of Wildlife Victoria, says her team of veterinarians will be based at sites for the opening week of the season to treat injured ducks and conduct X-rays of bodies that have been illegally left behind.
In Victoria, this year’s season will run for just five weeks, until 30 May. Last year, the season was just under three months. Hunters are restricted to four birds a day and prohibited from shooting the blue-winged shoveler and hardhead ducks – both threatened species – due to declining populations.But on Wednesday morning, Wildlife Victoria retrieved two shoveler ducks and one hardhead species from Wooroonook Lakes.
Coalition Against Duck Shooting volunteers walk along the edge of Lake Buloke on the opening day of the Victoria’s duck hunting season.The fate of duck hunting seasons rests with the parliamentary inquiry, which will probe the activity’s environment, social and economic impacts. Public hearings will be held as part of the inquiry, which is due to hand down a final report by 31 August.
Members of the inquiry travelled to Lake Connewarre, near Geelong, on Wednesday morning to observe the beginning of the season.have publicly backed calls to end duck shootingIn response to the shortened season, the state opposition accused the Andrews government of waging a “stealth shutdown of hunting” in an attempt to win votes in the city.
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