The contradictory ethics of native duck shooting : recreation, protection and management

Lord, Debra; Winter, Caroline

Title: The contradictory ethics of native duck shooting : recreation, protection and management
Creator: Lord, Debra; Winter, Caroline
Date: 2023
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/193463
Identifier: vital:18173
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2021.1974904
Identifier: ISSN:1174-5398 (ISSN)
Abstract: This study focuses on three stakeholders in duck shooting in Victoria, Australia: hunters, activists, and a government regulator, each of which competes for the public’s support. The issue is intensely debated, especially considering that the ducks are native animals and are not over-populated. The paper compares statements from each stakeholder’s website, to identify their ethical positions. The hunters demonstrate an instrumental, deontological ethic that requires them to follow a set of detailed rules. They portray themselves as safe and responsible hunters, with expertize that enables them to exact a ‘clean kill’. The management authority supports and regulates hunting, and provides a detailed explanation of ‘ethical hunting’ that includes ‘ethical practise in the field’ and legal compliance. The animal activists hold an animal rights ethic, and directly oppose duck shooting. They demonstrate a teleological, or ends-based approach, that is focused upon the outcomes of shooting on the ducks. © 2021 Australia and New Zealand Association of Leisure Studies.
Publisher: Routledge
Relation: Annals of Leisure Research Vol. 26, no. 2 (2023), p. 251-268
Rights: All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
Subject: 3504 Commercial services; 3508 Tourism Animal rights; Deontology; Instrumentalism; Recreational duck shooting; Teleology; Welfare
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