duck shooting

  • Call for sanctuary

    Call for sanctuary

    A bid to have duck shooting banned at Cairn Curran Reservoir near Baringhup is gaining support. Environmental community groups say the activity is no longer appropriate for safety reasons and the area should be made a sanctuary for the threatened species that call it home. The groups have written to Mount Alexander and Central Goldfields…

  • Call for sanctuary – Petition to ban shooting at Cairn Curran

    Call for sanctuary – Petition to ban shooting at Cairn Curran

    A petition calling for a ban on recreational duck shooting on Cairn Curran Reservoir at Baringhup has attracted hundreds of signatures, the majority of them local, in less than a week.The petition calls for the reservoir and surrounding wetlands to be made a sanctuary and supports a vote made by Mount Alexander Shire Council two…