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27 January, 2023
New MP wants duck ban
NEW Northern Victoria Region MP Georgia Purcell says a ban on duck hunting is her No 1 priority. Ms Purcell at the weekend joined calls for the State Government to abandon this year’s hunting season and introduce a permanent ban.“For over...
NEW Northern Victoria Region MP Georgia Purcell says a ban on duck hunting is her No 1 priority.
Ms Purcell at the weekend joined calls for the State Government to abandon this year’s hunting season and introduce a permanent ban.
“For over a decade as a volunteer duck rescuer, I’ve seen the cruelty, death, wounding and maiming that this so-called sport causes,” she said.
Ms Purcell said the campaign to stop duck hunting was “looking like we are edging incredibly close”.
Regional Victorians Opposed to Duck Shooting this month called for the season to be cancelled based on “alarming continued declines in the bird populations.”
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