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MP's unlikely answer for bored footy players and pests

MP's unlikely answer for bored footy players and pests

Regional MP Bob Katter has suggested rugby league players should be given guns to help reduce the number of feral pigs and toads in north Queensland.

Making hunting 'more palatable' to be debated by MPs

Making hunting 'more palatable' to be debated by MPs

Making hunting 'more palatable' to be debated by MPs

Making hunting 'more palatable' to be debated by MPs

A probe has recommended parliament debate a state's "conservation hunting" plan that's been dubbed a Trojan horse for the gun lobby.

Animal advocates shoot down bill for enabling 'yahoos'

Animal advocates shoot down bill for enabling 'yahoos'

Animal advocates shoot down bill for enabling 'yahoos'

Animal advocates shoot down bill for enabling 'yahoos'

Environmentally-minded MPs have savaged a bill to establish a bounty program to kill feral animals and expand hunters' rights as empowering a "fringe minority".

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More birds and more shooting in duck hunting season

More birds and more shooting in duck hunting season

The Victorian government is pushing ahead with a longer duck hunting season which also allows shooters to bag more birds.

What a croc! Salties targeted for cull in the Top End

What a croc! Salties targeted for cull in the Top End

The NT government has released its saltwater croc management plan, which includes culling but some traditional owners are calling for commercial opportunities.

Anger as trigger to be pulled on duck hunting season

Anger as trigger to be pulled on duck hunting season

Animal rights advocates have doubled-down on concerns for endangered birds in Victorian wetlands ahead of the start of duck hunting season.

Call to close at least 30 wetlands to duck hunters

Call to close at least 30 wetlands to duck hunters

Native bird advocates are pushing for duck hunters to be banned from a number of Victorian wetlands as the hunting season approaches.

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Opponents shoot down duck hunting report as a 'failure'

Opponents shoot down duck hunting report as a 'failure'

Opponents shoot down duck hunting report as a 'failure'

Opponents shoot down duck hunting report as a 'failure'

A parliamentary report recommending duck hunting be allowed to continue fails to address animal rights, conservation and community expectations, critics say.

'Stitch-up': inquiry's duck hunting ban call raises ire

'Stitch-up': inquiry's duck hunting ban call raises ire

'Stitch-up': inquiry's duck hunting ban call raises ire

'Stitch-up': inquiry's duck hunting ban call raises ire

Animal advocates are hailing an inquiry recommendation to ban recreational duck hunting in Victoria, as shooters and unions blast it as a "farce".

Hunters accused of burning culturally significant trees

Hunters accused of burning culturally significant trees

Hunters accused of burning culturally significant trees

Hunters accused of burning culturally significant trees

Duck hunters have desecrated culturally significant sites and left animal carcasses to rot, a Victorian parliamentary inquiry has been told.

Authorities hunt culprit after duck shot with arrow

Authorities hunt culprit after duck shot with arrow

Authorities hunt culprit after duck shot with arrow

Authorities hunt culprit after duck shot with arrow

A native duck has died after being shot with an arrow in regional Victoria where wildlife authorities are hunting the culprit and calling for public assistance.

Man shot in neck in hunting accident in Tasmania

Man shot in neck in hunting accident in Tasmania

Man shot in neck in hunting accident in Tasmania

Man shot in neck in hunting accident in Tasmania

A man has been flown to hospital after being shot in the neck while hunting on a rural property in southern Tasmania.

Duck hunting has 'tiny' effect on populations

Duck hunting has 'tiny' effect on populations

Duck hunting has 'tiny' effect on populations

Duck hunting has 'tiny' effect on populations

Experts say the primary focus for sustaining waterbird populations in Victoria should be on habitat destruction, not the minimal impact of hunting.

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