Opinion

Kerang local doesn’t want duck season to go ahead amid pandemic

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Kerang's Kate Bossence doesn't want duck season to go ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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By Kate Bossence, Kerang

If the Victorian Government allows a duck shooting season to go ahead come May 2, they will not only have the blood of dead waterbirds on their hands but the lives of people as well.

COVID-19 will be at its peak from May until July and to allow a season to go ahead is not only morally and ethically wrong but humans themselves could die.

This is a political stunt of the most unconscionable conduct to date.

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