The 2018 duck shooting season was the quietest on record, with very few duck shooters active on Victoria’s wetlands.
On the final weekend of the season, our rescue team targeted Lake Martin and Cundare Pool, near the town of Cressy, after 8,000 Pink-eared Ducks (a so-ca...
read more[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01IeBVl1rBM[/embed] Coalition Against Duck Shooting rescuers found a badly injured Pacific Black Duck during the 2017 duck shooting season. Lucy was treated by a wildlife carer and released back to the wild.
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Due to large numbers of threatened Freckled and Blue-billed Ducks, CADS pushed for this wetland to be closed to shooting, but the request was unsuccessful. On the opening morning, a barrage of shooting started 20 minutes early, yet the many regulating officers and police present were powerless to stop it. Game Management Au...
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