Cull a disgusting act
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We live opposite the golf club and enjoy the bird song and activity and I used to get a thrill every morning looking out at the kangaroos and their young stretched out on the grass.
I grew up in country Victoria and have always embraced the local fauna and flora and had until recently thought that this was a major part of the attraction that draws new residents to the area.
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A few weeks ago I thought I heard gunfire from over at the club just after dark one night.
I was sure it was gunfire, but my husband mistakenly said there was "no way guns would be used in an area surrounded by homes".
Anyway, since this time I have not seen a kangaroo on the North Street side of the golf course.
On getting up in the morning I would always see a small mob of the roos; I have not seen any up this end of the course since that evening.
I heard gunshots for up to an hour a couple of weeks ago and many birds panic stricken up in the treetops. I rang the police, who said they would look into it.
I heard nothing.
Many people have suffered from bushfires and drought, as has our unique flora and fauna - many will become extinct.
What are we aiming for by intentionally killing our own wildlife?
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What a sterile world we will become if it is only people and stock we raise to eat.
They are all God's creatures; humans are supposed to be different, exhibiting compassion and love.
Our earth should be a diverse unique caring place to be shared by all.
The Commercial Club it appears is exhibiting the ugly face of capitalism; it is easier to destroy any minor threat to their greens rather repairing minor damage or inconvenience.
The huge flocks of various birds have diminished greatly this year now through lack of water and fires and now it is thought OK to randomly shoot them.
I, for one, will not be renewing my membership and attending their eateries.
Jeanette McIlroy, Albury
Buy only what you need
Everyone I know, including my dear wife, continually claims that the "cost of living" is too high, and continually increasing.
A moment's reflection will show that nothing could be further from the truth.
The real cost of anything is how much of your life you have to invest to own it.
I note that in 1947, a Holden car cost 793 pounds ($1586), or 94 weeks' average pay, but in 1953 the cost had risen to 1074 pounds but only 48 weeks' pay, scarcely an increase.
Consider your possessions, all of which are paid for, or being paid for, on the drip-feed system, compared with your parents or your grandparents at a similar stage.
What is really meant is "cost of choice", of items we insist on cluttering our lives with, which are mostly unnecessary, and don't help the environment.
If we were more selective and kept to necessities, we would not be plundering our resources so much and would give our planet a better chance of supporting us humans for longer.
Food prices and insurance premiums must increase this year due to the continued drought, and disastrous fires, but generally they are falling and we can be reasonably certain that this will continue.
Jeff Lewry, Bowna
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