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Disturbing footage of dog playing with wounded bird

Peter Bannan pbannan@theguardian.com.au DISTURBING footage has emerged of what activists have described as “prolonged cruelty” to wounded ducks on the final weekend of Victoria’s duck hunting season. The footage, filmed by activists from the Coalition Against Duck Shooting (CADS) at Lake Cullen, north of Kerang, appears to show a shooter encouraging a dog to play […]

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