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Wildlife Victoria wish to thank all the children for their drawings. Drawings were done by students at Morphett Vale East Primary School, Coburg West Primary School Our Lady of Good Counsel Primary School

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Announcing the launch of our new WildFriends Regular Giving Program.

MAJORITY OF VICTORIANS WANT DUCK SHOOTING BANNED

A large majority of Victorians (75%) think that the shooting of native water birds for recreational purposes should be banned in Victoria. Twenty percent think it should not be banned, and 5% are undecided, a survey conducted by Roy Morgan Research has found.

Wildlife Victoria has recently purchased a bat aviary for our juvenile Grey Headed Flying Foxes to learn the fine art of flying in. The cleverly designed aviary is a tent-like structure made out of the same netting used for practice nets for cricket. The bats love flying full pelt from one end of the aviary to the other, crashing into the netting at the end and turning around and flying back.

Newport in Melbourne is a veritable mine field for our seabirds and other wildlife visiting the area. Strewn all over is discarded fishing line and hooks and other pollutants left by thoughtless visitors to the area. Wildlife Victoria volunteer rescuer, Mandy Hall, who spends hours saving the birds in the area, decided enough was enough. Volunteers and Friends of Wildlife Victoria went out on a cold and frosty morning recently to pick up the rubbish.