Letter - Licensed and in the real world
Newcastle Herald, Page: 10. Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Jeff Corbett is off on another one of his rants again.
Hunting takes place in national parks in many other countries where public lands are shared for the benefit of the stakeholders and where biodiversity is affected by wild population numbers.
In Australia, hunters must be licensed to own a firearm and a prerequisite to obtaining a licence is that the person must be of good character and not have broken the law in most cases, for a minimum of 10 years.
Consumption of harvested wild game is becoming popular as most game is lower in fat content and has lower cholesterol.
Birds and native species would only be targeted if they existed in numbers that would upset biodiversity. And this would be controlled by the managers of national parks.
It is against the law to approach or interfere with anyone in an aggressive manner, even in a national park. Common sense would dictate that if you saw any criminal activity by people carrying firearms then you should not interfere, but report them to the police. Law-abiding hunters need not be approached! Hunting is only an extension of raising chickens for their end product, so Jeff is being hypocritical in his judgment of hunter-gatherers! I have been a bunter for 48 of my 60 years on this world and I take offence in you branding me with the same iron as Michael Jackson and The Chasers, who have incurred the ire of the law, while I have not.
Martin Thann, Barnsley
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