{"id":40494,"date":"2019-03-17T20:09:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-17T20:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=40494"},"modified":"2019-03-18T00:11:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T00:11:21","slug":"duck-killing-victoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/03\/duck-killing-victoria\/","title":{"rendered":"Duck killing Victorians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beautiful ducks<br \/>\nFrom children we appreciate them so<br \/>\nAnd to think that in Australia<br \/>\nHunters want to go<br \/>\nAnd decimate their numbers<br \/>\nThe 16th of March<br \/>\nTo the 19th of May<br \/>\nThats the shooting season<br \/>\nThat appears their way<\/p>\n<p>Of appreciation<br \/>\nFor the gifting that they get<br \/>\nThe Pacific Black<br \/>\nTHe Mountain<br \/>\nTHe Chestnut Teal<br \/>\nThe flack<br \/>\nclearly will be everywhere<br \/>\nThe Pink-eared<br \/>\nAnd the Wood<br \/>\nThe Hard head<br \/>\nAll these specimens<br \/>\nCan be bagged<br \/>\n5 a day  and good<\/p>\n<p>As for the Blue Winged Shoveller<br \/>\nThey are off the list<br \/>\nThis year they are prohibited<br \/>\nSo the murderers must resist<br \/>\nDoom and gloom the dead and dying<br \/>\nWill be everywhere<br \/>\nDowned ducks must all be retrieved<br \/>\nImagine the despair<\/p>\n<p>Existence and the living<br \/>\nBio energy<br \/>\nThe vital spark<br \/>\nThe staff of life<br \/>\nAs hunters you can be<br \/>\nAiming and killing<br \/>\nThese beautiful souls<br \/>\nBloodshed butchery<br \/>\nAustralia proudly announces<br \/>\nThe vile thuggery<\/p>\n<p>Hunters will from dawn to dusk<br \/>\nSlaughter as they fly<br \/>\nPut down hasten shoot to kill<br \/>\nWatch the beauties die<br \/>\nSome it seems draw pleasure<br \/>\nWatching others suffer so<br \/>\nInsensitiveness and stupor<br \/>\nDishonesty on show<\/p>\n<p>Scant respect for life<br \/>\nThe irreverance we see<br \/>\nContemptuousness and derision<br \/>\nHow now can all that be<br \/>\nThese were gifted to us<br \/>\nGiven majestic flight<br \/>\nAnd  all we do is shoot them<br \/>\nNow can that be right<\/p>\n<p>Unfitting and unworthy<br \/>\nIt is  a crying shame<br \/>\nI see it as impropriety<br \/>\nMy heart is  all aflame<br \/>\nIt really is discriminatory<br \/>\nSuch heartlessness abroad<br \/>\nIntolerant and sadistic<br \/>\nAnd lacking all accord<\/p>\n<p>Where is the fraternal feeling<br \/>\nThe generosity<br \/>\nWhere are the best intentions<br \/>\nThe altruistic thee<br \/>\nWhy bad blood and hatred<br \/>\nWhy lack of concern<br \/>\nWhy so disobliging<br \/>\nOne day you will get your turn<\/p>\n<p>Flight presents such freedom<br \/>\nHaving wings imagine that<br \/>\nAnd all we want to do<br \/>\nIs imagine that we are at<br \/>\nOdds with gifted miracles<br \/>\nAnd so our need is we<br \/>\nMust take our guns and shoot<br \/>\nThem dead<br \/>\nTnat is who we be<\/p>\n<p>As travellers in Victoria<br \/>\nWhy would we want to go<br \/>\nDespite the tourist industry<br \/>\nI would not want to know<br \/>\nExchanging my hard earned cash<br \/>\nFor shooters who dont care<br \/>\nAll they want out of this life<br \/>\nIs to Kill and never share<\/p>\n<p>What the repercussions are<br \/>\nTO family or to foe<br \/>\nJust blow their pretty heads off<br \/>\nAnd watch them as they go<br \/>\nDown a swirling banshee<br \/>\nScreaming for all their worth<br \/>\nThats the vile admission<br \/>\nOf these angels of the earth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beautiful ducks From children we appreciate them so And to think that in Australia Hunters want to go And decimate their numbers The 16th of March To the 19th of May Thats the shooting season That appears their way Of &hellip; 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