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Mar 19, 2009

Against Animal Cruelty Tasmania spokesman Chris Simcox says at least 35,000 ducks will be killed during Tasmania's 33-day hunt this year. He predicts 400,000 ducks will be killed in Victoria when its 49-day season starts on March 21...

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Mr Simcox said only a small percentage of ducks were killed outright..."It's very unlikely that a bird will be killed instantly. The estimates are that it takes between six and eight shots to kill a duck with a shotgun. We see birds flailing for many minutes before finally falling to the water where they wait for the shooter to get to it and wring its neck. There is plenty of time for a great deal of suffering to occur - it's an excruciating death."
Mr Simcox said a coalition of animal protection activists, dressed in brightly coloured clothing and armed with whistles and horns, would scare as many ducks as possible away from Tasmania's Moulting Lagoon on Saturday. They plan to set up a duck first-aid station and have veterinarians euthanase fatally injured ducks.

The ACT, NSW, Queensland and Western Australia have banned duck hunting.


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http://www.smh.com.au/environment/tasmania-kicks-off-duck-hunting-20090305-8pdc.html

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/tasmania-kicks-off-duck-hunting-20090305-8pdc.html

 

 

 

 

 

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