Duck hunting banned in Aussie
From another site regarding duck hunting.. I wounder if steve Irwins wife is part of this bann. She made hunting cougars in Oregon a real pain. Now we have 900 plus cats... had to share this with yea folks.
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This is an article I found on duck hunting in Australia, in the state of Queensland. This is for real--I have a search tool that sends me e-mail alerts of newspaper articles containing the words "duck hunting"--and this one came up yesterday. I shudder at the thought...
HEADLINE: Duck hunting banned
BODY:
IT'S game over for duck hunting in Queensland.
The State Government this week passed laws banning recreational duck and quail hunting.
Environment Minister Lindy Nelson-Carr told State Parliament the shooting of ducks and quail for sport was not an appropriate recreational activity in this day and age.
''While it may once have been acceptable, community attitudes have changed and combined with environmental concerns, it has reached a stage where it is time to make a permanent decision about this practice,'' she said.
''The new laws follow findings by the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee that the wounding rates in hunting these animals was unacceptably high.
''The committee found that up to 90 per cent of birds shot were not killed outright.''
Ms Nelson-Carr said the laws would not impact on the existing rights of landholders to protect their crops from damage should they need to, nor did it impact on the traditional hunting rights of indigenous Queenslanders.
''This bill also does not prevent recreational shooters from targeting feral animals such as pigs or rabbits which cause economic and environmental harm,'' she said.
Ms Nelson-Carr said community feedback indicated that many people in the community saw the practice as barbaric and outdated.
CUT SNIP.. paste.. HOpe it sends.
This is an article I found on duck hunting in Australia, in the state of Queensland. This is for real--I have a search tool that sends me e-mail alerts of newspaper articles containing the words "duck hunting"--and this one came up yesterday. I shudder at the thought...
HEADLINE: Duck hunting banned
BODY:
IT'S game over for duck hunting in Queensland.
The State Government this week passed laws banning recreational duck and quail hunting.
Environment Minister Lindy Nelson-Carr told State Parliament the shooting of ducks and quail for sport was not an appropriate recreational activity in this day and age.
''While it may once have been acceptable, community attitudes have changed and combined with environmental concerns, it has reached a stage where it is time to make a permanent decision about this practice,'' she said.
''The new laws follow findings by the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee that the wounding rates in hunting these animals was unacceptably high.
''The committee found that up to 90 per cent of birds shot were not killed outright.''
Ms Nelson-Carr said the laws would not impact on the existing rights of landholders to protect their crops from damage should they need to, nor did it impact on the traditional hunting rights of indigenous Queenslanders.
''This bill also does not prevent recreational shooters from targeting feral animals such as pigs or rabbits which cause economic and environmental harm,'' she said.
Ms Nelson-Carr said community feedback indicated that many people in the community saw the practice as barbaric and outdated.
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