In the fight to ban native bird shooting across Victoria, RSPCA Victoria, Animals Australia, and Wildlife Victoria have collaborated to deliver data displaying how Central Victorians feel towards recreational duck and quail shooting.
The data shows that there are more people in support animal welfare throughout Central Victoria than those who hold the license to shoot native birds.
Across Bendigo, 880 people own duck hunting licenses but a total of 1,472 residents support animal welfare.
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Animal Justice Party Member for Northern Victoria, Georgie Purcell, says it’s time for victoria to catch up with Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia who have already implemented the ban.
| Electorate | Labor’s 2022 winning margin | Duck hunting licenses | Wildlife Victoria Supporters 1 | Animals Australia Supporters 2 | RSPCA Victoria Supporters 3 | Average number of animal welfare supporters 4 |
| Bendigo East | 9,352 | 543 | 364 | 804 | 1071 | 746 |
| Bendigo West | 7,163 | 337 | 301 | 1111 | 296 | 725 |
- Donors who have donated within the last five years and active volunteers. ↩︎
- Averaged number of active supporters from Wildlife Victoria, Animals Australia and RSPCA Victoria. Figures in bold are those that are higher than the 2022 winning margin. ↩︎
- Donors who have donated within the last five years. ↩︎
- Averaged number of active supporters from Wildlife Victoria, Animals Australia and RSPCA Victoria. Figures in bold are those that are higher than the 2022 winning margin. ↩︎
