“We are incredibly disappointed in the announcement of the 2025 Victorian duck hunting season by the Victorian government. Wildlife Victoria adamantly opposes any activity that causes pain and suffering to native animals and advocates for the abolishment of duck hunting in Victoria. This has gone on for far too long. The ignoring of the recommendations of the 2023 inquiry is completely reckless and has ignored the overwhelming majority of Victorians who want to see this practice banned.
“We continue to work tirelessly to end this archaic practice that threatens the existence of our already fragile waterbird population. There is still a risk that H5N1 may hit Australian shores and that can have long term and unknown impact on native wildlife populations."
- Lisa Palma, Wildlife Victoria CEO
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