Letters to the Editor

Thank you.

Thank you to the Peppermill Hotel on Mother’s Day for my prize of winning a free meal and drink. It was greatly appreciated and I am very grateful. 

Maureen
Kialla


Time for rethink on duck shooting

It seems your paper (19/5) is actively supporting the duck hunting season, with an editorial as well as a promo for a local hunting business (“Ducks in a row”). But how about some support for those who like their native ducks alive, rather than half-dead or dead? 

Goulburn Murray Water has ignored requests from residents around Cairn Curran to ban duck shooting near their homes and on their beautiful waterway. We always hear about the supposed benefits of duck shooting but what about the loss of tourism as visitors avoid waterbodies for safety and sanity during the shooting? What about the losses to the meat industry as shooters get their food by raiding mother nature?

The government hobnobs with shooters and ignores the Regional Victorians Opposed to Duck Shooting Inc. Yet 998 in every thousand Victorians do not take part in duck shooting. Surely those figures suggest it’s time for a re-think.

Sam Williams
Red Hill


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