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.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Coalition 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.php

RSPCA 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-20... 

The Australian Greens Duck Shooting http://greens.org.au/initiatives/vic/end-duck-shooting

The 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...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thank you to all the interviewees who contributed to this program; most were extremely busy and some were fighting horrid winter lurgies.

Music credits

Lay 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 credit

Kate Luke Photography