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More Than Game – Victorian duck shooting season

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MORE THAN GAME: THE 30-YEAR CAMPAIGN TO BAN DUCK SHOOTING IN VICTORIA.Despite three out of four Victorians wanting duck shooting banned, it continues. This program looks at why and how the thirty-year campaign to protect Australian native waterbirds that are deemed game species is stronger than ever.A formidable campaigner stepped up its involvement, changing the rules of engagement, thereby making the 2016 season like no other.TAKE ACTIONSHARE this podcast.WRITE Premier  Daniel Andrewsdaniel.andrews@parliament.vic.gov.auMinister for Agriculture  Jaala Pulford jaala.pulford@parliament.vic.gov.auYour local MPJOIN the duck rescue team http://www.duck.org.au/join-rescue-teamASK your regional council to commit to protecting waterbird populations on their local wetlands. ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONCoalition Against Duck Shooting – understand the thirty-year campaign to ban duck shooting in Victoria –  http://www.duck.org.au/BirdLife Australia http://birdlife.org.au/Animals Australia Save Our Ducks website http://www.animalsaustralia.org/features/duck-shooting-is-not-a-sport/Animals Australia Duck Shooting fact sheet http://www.animalsaustralia.org/factsheets/duck_shooting.phpRSPCA Victoria Duck Shooting http://www.rspcavic.org/issues-take-action/duck-shooting/RSPCA Victoria Out for a Duck report http://rspcavic.org/documents/Campaigns/duck/RSPCA-Out-for-a-duck-Dec-2012.pdf The Australian Greens Duck Shooting http://greens.org.au/initiatives/vic/end-duck-shootingThe Australia Institute http://www.tai.org.au/Game Management Authority Annual report  http://www.gma.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/317347/9316-DEDJTR-GMA-Annual-Report-2015-15_WEB.pdfACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThank you to all the interviewees who contributed to this program; most were extremely busy and some were fighting horrid winter lurgies.Music creditsLay down your Guns  – Daniel Trakell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktVQP9jM_-w&feature=youtu.be & https://www.facebook.com/daniel.trakell/Who Stole the Soul & Old Devils –  William Elliott Whitmore http://williamelliottwhitmore.com/Photo creditKate Luke Photography

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