{"id":51104,"date":"2021-05-19T12:40:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T12:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=51104"},"modified":"2021-05-19T13:21:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T13:21:25","slug":"duck-shooting-in-the-land-of-oz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/05\/duck-shooting-in-the-land-of-oz\/","title":{"rendered":"Duck Shooting in the land of OZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For flagrancy and shamelessness<br \/>\nThe Australian shooter he<br \/>\nGets out in the wet lands<br \/>\nAnd thinks that he can be<br \/>\nJust king of the castle<br \/>\nPointed at the sky<br \/>\nHis thrown out chest and swagger<br \/>\nAnd his prowess I defy<\/p>\n<p>Delusional his hunting clobber<br \/>\nMakes him look a pratt<br \/>\nTwo much lager down his throat<br \/>\nHe don\u2019t know  where  he\u2019s at<br \/>\nFiring at the passing clouds<br \/>\nHoping to hit a duck<br \/>\nThe cruelty is evident<br \/>\nHe hasnt got much luck<\/p>\n<p>The lead shots going to kill<br \/>\nNot only the duck he aimed at<br \/>\nBut where ever it does spill<br \/>\nLead is very toxic<br \/>\nAnd whatever eats this soul<br \/>\nThat fell down and died slowly<br \/>\nThey take  on the role<\/p>\n<p>Of neurological agony<br \/>\nApart from being shot<br \/>\nAnd bleeding out in some dark pond<br \/>\nWhere slowly it may rot<br \/>\nIts cruelty personified<br \/>\nAnd someone ought to make<br \/>\nAll these queer boys stop it<br \/>\nThe alarming rate<\/p>\n<p>Of killing maiming wounding<br \/>\nIt goes on all the time<br \/>\nthese are beautiful creatures<br \/>\nThere is no reason nor rhyme<br \/>\nExcept that they are bloody cowards<br \/>\nSitting in a bog<br \/>\nShootung up into the sky<br \/>\nAnd expecting their dog<br \/>\n&#8220;&#8221;<br \/>\nTo go and fetch the dead ones<br \/>\nBut a lot don\u2019t really try<br \/>\nSo many ducks lay wounded<br \/>\nAnd very slowly die<br \/>\nIts not that  they are wanting<br \/>\nOf sensitivity<br \/>\nThey die alone all whimpering<br \/>\nUntil their souls fly free<\/p>\n<p>Duck hunting is cowardly<br \/>\nIts rascality and more<br \/>\nAgony and the fearsome waiting<br \/>\nIts a kind of war<br \/>\nAll hunters are sinners<br \/>\nBraindead and yellow livered<br \/>\nThats is what they are<br \/>\nA stint in the County Jail<br \/>\nperhaps their actual star<\/p>\n<p>Villains clad in greasepaint<br \/>\nRubber boots and they<br \/>\nWrong doers thats their heritage<br \/>\nWhere they ought to be<br \/>\nUpside down in quicksand<br \/>\nSinking slowly they<br \/>\nWilful disrespectful<br \/>\nIts no way to pass the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For flagrancy and shamelessness The Australian shooter he Gets out in the wet lands And thinks that he can be Just king of the castle Pointed at the sky His thrown out chest and swagger And his prowess I defy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/05\/duck-shooting-in-the-land-of-oz\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[344,173,89,379,102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abandonment","category-activism","category-australia-and-the-epic-journeys","category-ducks","category-hunting-and-poaching-includes-canned-hunts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51104"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51106,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51104\/revisions\/51106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}