When an endangered Freckled Duck — Australia's rarest waterbird — was wounded by shooters during the 2019 Victorian duck shooting season, she needed help. Instead, she was collected by an enforcing officer (an government employee hired to 'enforce' already inadequate hunting laws) and this is what happened next:

If this is how native waterbirds are treated by enforcing officers... can you imagine what shooters — most of whom are completely unsupervised — get away with?

Victoria's 'recreational' duck shooting season causes immeasurable suffering to native waterbirds — as many as a quarter of ducks shot are not killed. Many of these injured birds will desperately flee and hide for hours, days or even longer... only to slowly die from their injuries, or drown.

Is it any wonder recreational duck shooting has been banned in multiple Australian states — Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia — on the grounds of extreme cruelty?

Right now, the Victorian Government is deliberating the future of duck shooting in Victoria. It is CRUCIAL that caring people speak out against this brutality.

If you live in Victoria, native waterbirds desperately need you now more than ever.

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