HI everyone
i will be running a protest in a few weeks against duck shooting
its is not with an organisation but we have support from many organisations around the state including WILDLIFE VICTORIA and ALV.
WE ARE AIMING TO HAVE 100 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE I KNOW HIGH BUT FINGERS CROSSED SO PLEASE COME WE NEED YOU AND BRING EVERYONE YOU KNOW
THE DUCK ARMY(my new group) IS A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WANT TO STOP THE BRUTALITY AGAINST NATIVE WATERBIRDS.
WE COME IN PEACE BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP
JOIN THE PUBLIC PROTEST!!!
11AM -12PMSUNDAY 14 MARCH 2010
STEPS OF VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT SPRING STREET MELBOURNE
A MEDIA EVENT WITH A TWIST.....
EMAIL ME OR WRITE ON MY WALL
SEARCH FOR US ON FACEBOOK : DUCK ARM-Y
THE SHOTERS RELY ON WEAPONS THE DUCK ARMY RELY ON THE FACTS
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DUCKSHOOTING: THE FACTS
· 82% of Eastern Australia’s native waterbirds have disappeared since 1989 (1).
· 87% of Victorians oppose duck shooting (2).
· Most ducks are not killed instantly but die slow painful deaths, as shooters use shotgun pellets which scatter and maim birds; at least 30% are wounded, not killed outright (3).
· The Victorian government’s Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (AWAC) has repeatedly recommended a ban on duck shooting.
· Protected and threatened species are always illegally shot during the season (4).
· WA, NSW and QLD have already banned duck shooting. There was no season Victoria in 2007 and 2008, due to drought and low bird numbers.
· Waterbirds are nomadic and cross over state boundaries in search of water. Wetlands have been damaged by drought and climate change.
· The Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment advised the 2009 season should not go ahead. The Premier ignored this advice.
· Vic Labor Party members also voted against a 2009 duck shooting season. This was overridden by the Premier, due to a "technicality" in the lodgement process.
· In 2010 the Premier has declared an extended duck shooting season (20 March–30 May, 32 days longer than usual) and increased the number of birds hunters can kill
· Victoria faces a state election in November 2010.
· The Duck Army is calling for an end to duck shooting in Victoria.
SOURCES FOR STATISTICS: (1) Professor Richard Kingsford’s (Uni NSW) long-running aerial surveys, Australian Wetlands and Rivers Centre website (2) Roy Morgan poll, October 2007 (3) US ballistics expert and duck-shooter Tom Roster (4) The Age, 20 March, 2006.
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