It's now legal to shoot small cute stubble quails in Victoria. For the next 87 days. It's dark when sh0oting begins, how can the gunm3n possibly see who they're shooting at in this light. #banquailshooting #quails #banhunting #banduckshooting
@stevedimopoulos.bsky.social @victorianlabor.bsky.social
A long term animal rescuer out on a Victorian wetland on the weekend shows how much it's dried up out there. This is representative of many Victorian wetlands.
#banduckshooting @victorianlabor.bsky.social
It's that horrible time of year again
#banduckshooting
A close-up portrait of a Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa) in autumn on a blurred background of green lawn grass and fallen brown leaves. This common duck species is mostly brown, with a pale cream-brown face, a dark-brown crown and eye stripe. Its eyes are chestnut brown and its bill is dark grey with a slight green tint and black tip. Photo taken in Campbelltown NSW in May 2025
A close-up portrait of an adult male Australian wood duck or maned duck (Chenonetta jubata) on a blurred background of dirt and green grass. He has some small blades of grass in his small, pointed grey bill. Males of this species are identified by their dark brown necks and heads which lack the white stripes of females. They also have a tuft of longer, darker feathers on the back of their heads, hence the common name "maned duck" (though it is not visible in this photograph.) Both males and females have a light silver-grey body with black or grey speckles and brown bars on the breast. Photo taken in Campbelltown NSW in July 2023
A close-up portrait of an adult female Australian wood duck or maned duck (Chenonetta jubata) on a blurred background of light green lawn grass. The females of this species have a lighter brown head with two white stripes, above and below the eye. Photo taken in Campbelltown NSW in July 2023
A close-up portrait of an adult female hardhead duck (Aythya australis) on a blurred bakground of greenish water. She is chocolate-brown all over with dark brown eyes and a dark grey bill with a light grey tip. Hardheads are the only diving ducks native to Australia and are interesting to watch as they disappear beneath the waters momentarily before re-emerging. Photo taken in the Hunter Wetlands Centre in Newcastle NSW in May 2023
I thought I'd share some of my favourite photos of our beautiful Australian native #ducks to bring attention to them, and to inspire more love and compassion towards all ducks, both wild and domesticated. 🦆❤
#birdphotography #Australianbirds #photography #nature #naturephotography #banduckshooting
"It's not just Geelong's wetlands that are covered in the body parts of native ducks.
Wetlands across Victoria also look like this.
Heads, wings ripped off bodies & discarded by duck shooters.
Tell Jacinta Allan #BANDUCKSHOOTING
03 96515000."
www.geelongduckrescue.org.au
"Another flurry of regional voices this week from Geelong to Dunolly saying Jacinta Allan, #BANDUCKSHOOTING!"
- Regional Victorians Opposed to Duck Shooting Inc
"Update: Things have quietened somewhat around the state.
Whether the shooters have killed everything in the first few days & now there's nothing left to shoot, or they've had the epiphany that no one wants them around" ...
- Regional Victorians Opposed to Duck Shooting Inc.
#BanDuckShooting
STOP DUCKING THE ISSUE
PETER MALINAUSKAS!
NSW & WA banned it last century. QLD followed in 2005.
Why is South Australia still allowing this brutality?
#BANDUCKSHOOTING
..."These two injured Pink-eared ducks which were illegally left by shooters to suffer, were too extensively injured & required humane euthanasia."
- Coalition Against Duck Shooting
#BANDUCKSHOOTING
Text reading "Labor's 2025 duck slaughter season starts today. Our native ducks deserve protection. It's time to ban duck shooting in Victoria. Sign the petititon." The background image shows a duck on a rock with a background of beige grass. The duck's tail is towards us, and the duck is looking to the left.
Today marks the start of Labor’s 2025 duck slaughter season - which will be 27 days longer than last year, and with a 50% higher daily kill limit.
Enough is enough. It’s time to #BanDuckShooting in Victoria. Sign the petition: katherinecopsey.org.au/issue/end-du...
Age headline from 12 March 2025 reading "Baby wombat taken from mother by American influencer in viral video" Below are screenshots from the video, showing the woman holding the baby wombat, the mother wombat standing on the road, and the woman putting the baby back on the road. The background is a photo of grassland with trees in the background.
It was shocking to see the footage circulating of an American “hunting influencer” taking a wombat joey from its mother - deeply distressing both. Wildlife experts have said her behaviour is illegal.
But next week it will be totally legal in Victoria for her to shoot our ducks. #BanDuckShooting
"Duck hunting is a legitimate activity … & we're making sure it can continue sustainably & responsibly, backed by science," said the Minister for Outdoor Recreation Steve Dimopoulos.’
I have never heard such errant nonsense in my life.
#BanDuckShooting
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Here is another petition against Labor's decision to have another full season of duck shooting
www.actforbirds.org/bird-hunting...
#banduckshooting
"WATERBIRD POPULATION ALMOST HALVED" ...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Despite this, Premier Malinauskas
SA LABOR, declares OPEN SEASON on what little remains.
The SA Duck & Quail Hunting Season begins Saturday March 22, until Sunday June 29.
#BANDUCKSHOOTING
- AJPSA
Not actioned:
❌️ Greater recognition of Traditional Owners’ knowledge and practice of hunting and land management, continuing to implement the Traditional Owner Game Management Strategy.
#vicvotes #vicpol #Springstreet #prahran #werribee #banduckshooting #animaljusticeparty
"Jason Gillespie knows that duck shooting is cruel, so does @rspca.bsky.social & Australian Veterinary Association, however, #PeterMalinauskas continues to support this activity AVA calls inhumane" ...
- SAFA #BanDuckShooting
