I, the undersigned
protest in the strongest possible terms against duck shooting in Victoria.
Duck shooting is cruel.
Killing for fun, such as duck hunting will accompany unnecessary wounding,
maiming, pain, suffering, terror and stress. Thousands of ducks are crippled and
wounded annually in the name of ‘sport’.
Duck
shooting is not necessary for the conservation of the species.
Wild ducks were here long before European occupation and they were kept in check
by natural forces. Those forces are still in place and still efficiently
effective today. There is no need for any human intervention to control duck
populations.
Ducks are a rapidly moving
target. The
shooter is stationary…the duck is moving. You can’t reliably use a shotgun to
shoot each duck with an instant kill.
Duck hunting is banned in
public areas in ACT, NSW and WA.
The New South Wales ban from 1995 was on the grounds that "the level of pain and
suffering through cruelty is unreasonably high".
Nothing can justify such
carnage.
As the petitioner, I
therefore ask the Legislative Assembly to act immediately to ban duck shooting in
Victoria.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned