This poll needs your vote – click here. The more we stomp on these campaings with intelligent rebutals and facts the worse these groups look. The good behaviour at this years duck opening coupled with a very high level of compliance has left the anti duck groups in bad shape.
The Mail times reported the group, called Regional Victorians Opposed to Duck Shooting, has created a series of television advertisements which will air across the state.
The group says members have written numerous letters and requested meetings withthe state government whichhave not been successful.
They said the ads would run “as long as possible”.
“The duck shooting debate is often centred around animal welfare and the alleged rightsof shooters to enjoy their recreational past time, but there is a third significant stakeholder who’s collective voice is going unnoticed,” a spokesperson said.
“It’s those of us who own property in, who live, work and raise families inthese communities.
“For at least three months out of 12, our daily lives and businesses are disrupted.
“Our basic human rights to live and work in peace, without fear, have come second to the rights of a minority who like to shoot our native waterbirds.
“It’s a huge thing for us to speak out in these ads –knowing the shooting lobby will inevitably target us – but we are sick of being the hidden victims of duck shooting.”
The latest Game Management Authoritylicense statistics show that less than 0.4 per cent of the Victorian population shoot ducks, with25,646 with licence holders in 2016.
However, the Horsham municipality has one of the highest numbers of registered duck hunters in the state.
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